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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.

Saturday
Today

Xin–Chou year · Ox

Ding–You month

Lunar month 8, day 5
Ren–Xu dayOcean Water

Good for

  • travel
  • resolving outstanding matters
  • engagement arrangements
  • coming-of-age rites
  • carving
  • renovation
  • starting construction
  • laying foundations
  • raising roof beams
  • joining a roof ridge
  • setting up a bed
  • relocation
  • moving home
  • opening for business
  • planting
  • building a latrine

Avoid

  • building a shrine
  • installing doors
  • funeral observances
  • burial rites

Clash and sha

Clashes with Dragon (Bing–Chen) · Sha: North

Auspicious directions

Joy South · Wealth South · Fortune Southeast

Seasonal rhythm

White Dew · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Traditional lunar mansion · Remove Day Officer · Heavenly Prison

Caution day

Favorable periods

Yin hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Shen hour · You hour · Hai hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Rabbit, Tiger, Horse · Clashing: Dragon

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 5 · Earth · Position: Centre Palace

Supportive markers

5 traditional markers

Caution markers

3 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 ZiCautious · Avoid

Geng–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · renovation · starting construction
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

Ren–Zi (Rat) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites · family planning prayers
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Chou (Ox) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · weddings · renovation · building a shrine · installing a stove · moving home · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Yin (Tiger) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

Gui–Mao (Rabbit) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good

Jia–Chen (Dragon) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good

Yi–Si (Snake) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · burial rites
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid

Bing–Wu (Horse) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · legal disputes
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Wei (Goat) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Auspicious · Good

Wu–Shen (Monkey) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · taking up a post · travel
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–You (Rooster) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
renovation · installing a stove
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Xu (Dog) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · burial rites
Avoid
boat building · traveling by boat
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good

Xin–Hai (Pig) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings
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