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GUANYITANG · DAILY ALMANAC

The day's almanac

Read the day's auspicious and cautionary currents to know your bounds; trace each hour's generating and controlling forces to discern what lies ahead.

Thursday
Today

Xin–Chou year · Ox

Ding–You month

Lunar month 8, day 3
Geng–Shen dayPomegranate Wood

Good for

  • travel
  • resolving outstanding matters
  • coming-of-age rites
  • weddings
  • cutting timber
  • erecting scaffolding
  • preparing column joints
  • renovation
  • starting construction
  • relocation
  • moving home
  • preparing a burial site
  • preparing funerary timber
  • coffining rites
  • moving a coffin
  • burial ground work
  • burial rites
  • tomb maintenance

Avoid

  • rituals and remembrance
  • prayer and reflection
  • consecration
  • opening for business
  • setting up a bed

Clash and sha

Clashes with Tiger (Jia–Yin) · Sha: South

Auspicious directions

Joy Northwest · Wealth East · Fortune Southwest

Seasonal rhythm

White Dew · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Legs · Wood · Wolf · Close Day Officer · White Tiger

Caution day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Chou hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Wei hour · Xu hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Snake, Rat, Dragon · Clashing: Tiger

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 7 · Metal · Position: West

Supportive markers

7 traditional markers

Caution markers

5 traditional markers

CHOOSING A TIME

Two-hour windows

Read each period's auspicious or cautious path, activities, and presiding deity.

Zi hour00:00–00:59 / 23:00–23:59
Early ZiAuspicious · Good

Bing–Zi (Rat) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · travel
Late ZiAuspicious · Good

Wu–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Ding–Chou (Ox) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Yin (Tiger) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Mao (Rabbit) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good

Geng–Chen (Dragon) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · taking up a post
Avoid
renovation · starting construction
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good

Xin–Si (Snake) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · installing a stove · family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ren–Wu (Horse) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · offerings of thanks
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–Wei (Goat) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for
pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · consecration
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–You (Rooster) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites · prayer and reflection · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good

Bing–Xu (Dog) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · travel
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Hai (Pig) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for
renovation · moving home · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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