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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

Ren–Yin year · Tiger

Gui–Mao month

Lunar month 2, day 3
Ding–Si dayEarth in Sand

Good for

  • ritual sculpture and painting
  • consecration
  • formal commitments
  • engagement arrangements
  • cutting garments
  • setting up a canopy
  • coming-of-age rites
  • installing machinery
  • meeting friends and family
  • receiving funds
  • opening for business
  • signing agreements
  • transactions
  • setting up a bed
  • raising columns
  • raising roof beams
  • making fishing nets
  • planting
  • resolving outstanding matters
  • textile preparation

Avoid

  • installing a stove
  • travel
  • moving home
  • burial rites

Clash and sha

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

Auspicious directions

Joy South · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Southeast

Seasonal rhythm

Awakening of Insects · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Willow · Earth · Deer · Full Day Officer · Vermilion Bird

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 9 · Fire · Position: South

Supportive markers

8 traditional markers

Caution markers

7 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) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
weddings · relocation · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · renovation · starting construction
Late ZiAuspicious · Good

Ren–Zi (Rat) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

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

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

Ren–Yin (Tiger) · Heavenly Prison · 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 · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

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

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

Good for
installing a stove · renovation
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · travel · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites · family planning prayers
Avoid
boat building · traveling by boat · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Bing–Wu (Horse) · Azure Dragon · 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
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

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

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

Wu–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
taking up a post · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · rituals and remembrance
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · travel · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · relocation · opening for business · burial rites · rituals and remembrance
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Avoid
major undertakings
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