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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

Ren–Yin year · Tiger

Jia–Chen month

Lunar month 3, day 7
Geng–Yin dayPine and Cypress Wood

Good for

  • formal commitments
  • engagement arrangements
  • weddings
  • welcoming someone into the household
  • meeting friends and family
  • transactions
  • signing agreements
  • starting construction
  • ending mourning observances
  • earth thanksgiving rites
  • moving a coffin
  • burial ground work
  • reinterment rites
  • taking up a post
  • travel
  • opening for business
  • receiving funds
  • planting

Avoid

  • coffining rites
  • burial rites
  • moving home
  • setting up a bed

Clash and sha

Clashes with Monkey (Jia–Shen) · Sha: North

Auspicious directions

Joy Northwest · Wealth East · Fortune Southwest

Seasonal rhythm

Clear and Bright · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Horn · Wood · Flood Dragon · Open Day Officer · Director of Destiny

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

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

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Pig, Horse, Dog · Clashing: Monkey

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 6 · Metal · Position: Northwest

Supportive markers

12 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 ZiAuspicious · Good

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

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Late ZiAuspicious · Good

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
joining a roof ridge · weddings · renovation · burial rites
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
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 · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
moving home · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings
Avoid
consecration · renovation · burial rites
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Avoid
major undertakings
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Prison · 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
Avoid
renovation · starting construction
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · weddings
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Hai (Pig) · 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
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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