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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.

Friday
Today

Ren–Yin year · Tiger

Xin–Hai month

Lunar month 10, day 18
Wu–Chen dayGreat Forest Wood

Good for

  • rituals and remembrance
  • ritual sculpture and painting
  • consecration
  • formal commitments
  • engagement arrangements
  • weddings
  • setting up a bed
  • welcoming someone into the household
  • coffining rites
  • ending mourning observances
  • beginning mourning observances
  • moving a coffin
  • reinterment rites
  • burial rites
  • erecting a memorial

Avoid

  • opening for business
  • transactions
  • burial ground work
  • installing a stove

Clash and sha

Clashes with Dog (Ren–Xu) · Sha: South

Auspicious directions

Joy Southeast · Wealth North · Fortune Northeast

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Winter · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Ghost · Metal · Goat · Hold Day Officer · Director of Destiny

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

Yin hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Shen hour · You hour · Hai hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Rooster, Monkey, Rat · Clashing: Dog

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 2 · Earth · Position: Southwest

Supportive markers

4 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 ZiCautious · Avoid

Ren–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

Jia–Zi (Rat) · White Tiger · cautious 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 · taking up a post
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid

Gui–Chou (Ox) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for
offerings of thanks · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good

Jia–Yin (Tiger) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Mao (Rabbit) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for
pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good

Bing–Chen (Dragon) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · travel
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good

Ding–Si (Snake) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed
Avoid
consecration · renovation · burial rites
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Wu (Horse) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
renovation · burial rites · travel · pursuing income · weddings
Avoid
taking up a post · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Wei (Goat) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · moving home · weddings · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Auspicious · Good

Geng–Shen (Monkey) · 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 · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
renovation · starting construction
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

Xin–You (Rooster) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ren–Xu (Dog) · White Tiger · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–Hai (Pig) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · engagement arrangements · weddings · welcoming someone into the household
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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