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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

Ding–Wei month

Lunar month 6, day 9
Xin–You dayPomegranate Wood

Good for

  • ritual sculpture and painting
  • travel
  • coming-of-age rites
  • weddings
  • welcoming someone into the household
  • cutting garments
  • welcoming a son-in-law
  • building animal pens
  • transactions
  • signing agreements
  • animal care
  • preparing a burial site
  • coffining rites
  • ending mourning observances
  • beginning mourning observances
  • moving a coffin
  • burial rites
  • reinterment rites

Avoid

    Clash and sha

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

    Auspicious directions

    Joy Southwest · Wealth East · Fortune Northwest

    Seasonal rhythm

    Minor Heat · First pentad

    Mansion and day officer

    Dipper · Wood · Xiezhi · Full Day Officer · Hook Array

    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 7 · Metal · Position: West

    Supportive markers

    8 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
    NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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