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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.

Tuesday
Today

Xin–Chou year · Ox

Ji–Hai month

Lunar month 10, day 5
Xin–You dayPomegranate Wood

Good for

  • rituals and remembrance
  • prayer and reflection
  • family planning prayers
  • Taoist observance
  • cleansing and bathing
  • coming-of-age rites
  • travel
  • haircuts
  • dismantling
  • resolving outstanding matters
  • laying foundations
  • starting construction
  • setting foundation stones
  • installing milling equipment
  • opening a pond
  • digging a well
  • cleaning the home
  • ending mourning observances
  • beginning mourning observances
  • moving a coffin
  • reinterment rites
  • erecting a memorial
  • earth thanksgiving rites

Avoid

  • relocation
  • moving home
  • installing doors
  • preparing roof beams
  • burial rites

Clash and sha

Clashes with Rabbit (Yi–Mao) · Sha: East

Auspicious directions

Joy Southwest · Wealth East · Fortune Northwest

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Winter · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Turtle Beak · Fire · Monkey · Open Day Officer · Vermilion Bird

Caution day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Yin hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · You hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Dragon, Snake, Ox · Clashing: Rabbit

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 9 · Fire · Position: South

Supportive markers

6 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

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
Late 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
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Chou (Ox) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good

Geng–Yin (Tiger) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites · rituals and remembrance · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · travel · pursuing income
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

Xin–Mao (Rabbit) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ren–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
taking up a post · legal disputes · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Gui–Si (Snake) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Jia–Wu (Horse) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · burial rites
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

Yi–Wei (Goat) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · installing a stove
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Bing–Shen (Monkey) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
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 · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

Ding–You (Rooster) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites · renovation · moving home
Avoid
bridge construction · traveling by boat
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Prison · 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 · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Hai (Pig) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for
meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · moving home · relocation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction · consecration
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