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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

Ren–Yin year · Tiger

Wu–Shen month

Lunar month 7, day 12
Jia–Wu dayMetal in Sand

Good for

  • prayer and reflection
  • travel
  • formal commitments
  • engagement arrangements
  • weddings
  • cutting garments
  • starting construction
  • setting up a bed
  • water works
  • opening for business
  • digging a well
  • transactions
  • signing agreements
  • planting
  • opening a water channel
  • ending mourning observances
  • beginning mourning observances
  • moving a coffin
  • burial ground work

Avoid

    Clash and sha

    Clashes with Rat (Wu–Zi) · Sha: North

    Auspicious directions

    Joy Northeast · Wealth Northeast · Fortune North

    Seasonal rhythm

    Start of Autumn · First pentad

    Mansion and day officer

    Encampment · Fire · Pig · Open Day Officer · White Tiger

    Caution day

    Favorable periods

    Zi hour · Chou hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Shen hour · You hour

    Zodiac outlook

    Favorable: Goat, Tiger, Dog · Clashing: Rat

    Daily Nine Star

    Nine Star 6 · Metal · Position: Northwest

    Supportive markers

    6 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

    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
    Late ZiCautious · Avoid

    Bing–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

    Good for
    family planning prayers · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
    Avoid
    rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
    Chou hour01:00–02:59
    Auspicious · Good

    Yi–Chou (Ox) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

    Good for
    pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites · prayer and reflection
    Avoid
    taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
    Yin hour03:00–04:59
    Cautious · Avoid

    Bing–Yin (Tiger) · White Tiger · cautious path

    Good for
    meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · moving home · relocation · burial rites
    Avoid
    rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
    Mao hour05:00–06:59
    Auspicious · Good

    Ding–Mao (Rabbit) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

    Good for
    family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements
    Avoid
    rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
    Chen hour07:00–08:59
    Cautious · Avoid

    Wu–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

    Good for
    prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites · rituals and remembrance
    Avoid
    bridge construction · traveling by boat
    Si hour09:00–10:59
    Cautious · Avoid

    Ji–Si (Snake) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

    Good for
    family planning prayers · travel · moving home · weddings · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post
    Avoid
    rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
    Wu hour11:00–12:59
    Auspicious · Good

    Geng–Wu (Horse) · Director of Destiny · 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
    Cautious · Avoid

    Xin–Wei (Goat) · Hook Array · cautious path

    Good for
    renovation · moving home · burial rites · prayer and reflection · weddings
    Shen hour15:00–16:59
    Auspicious · Good

    Ren–Shen (Monkey) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

    Good for
    engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
    Avoid
    prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
    You hour17:00–18:59
    Auspicious · Good

    Gui–You (Rooster) · Bright Hall · 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
    Xu hour19:00–20:59
    Cautious · Avoid

    Jia–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

    Avoid
    major undertakings
    Hai hour21:00–22:59
    Cautious · Avoid

    Yi–Hai (Pig) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

    Good for
    taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed
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