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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

Geng–Zi month

Lunar month 11, day 8
Gui–Si dayLong-flowing Water

Good for

  • rituals and remembrance
  • ritual sculpture and painting
  • consecration
  • cutting garments
  • coming-of-age rites
  • weddings
  • engagement arrangements
  • dismantling
  • renovation
  • starting construction
  • raising columns
  • raising roof beams
  • setting up a bed
  • relocation
  • moving home
  • installing an altar
  • making fishing nets
  • pest control
  • hunting
  • cutting timber
  • welcoming someone into the household
  • water works

Avoid

  • travel
  • burial rites
  • tomb maintenance
  • opening for business

Clash and sha

Clashes with Pig (Ding–Hai) · Sha: East

Auspicious directions

Joy Southeast · Wealth South · Fortune Northeast

Seasonal rhythm

Major Snow · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Willow · Earth · Deer · Hold Day Officer · Black Tortoise

Caution day

Favorable periods

Chou hour · Chen hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · Xu hour · Hai hour · Zi hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Monkey, Rooster, Ox · Clashing: Pig

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 4 · Wood · Position: Southeast

Supportive markers

2 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 ZiCautious · Avoid

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

Good for
installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · taking up a post · travel
Late ZiAuspicious · Good

Jia–Zi (Rat) · 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
Avoid
renovation · starting construction · taking up a post
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–Chou (Ox) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
burial rites · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Yin (Tiger) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Mao (Rabbit) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good

Bing–Chen (Dragon) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · legal disputes · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Si (Snake) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for
offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Wu–Wu (Horse) · Azure Dragon · 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
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–Wei (Goat) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · travel · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · renovation · burial rites
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Shen (Monkey) · 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
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–You (Rooster) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Xu (Dog) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–Hai (Pig) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction · consecration
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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