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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.

Wednesday
Today

Gui–Mao year · Rabbit

Jia–Yin month

Lunar month 1, day 18
Ding–You dayFire Below the Mountain

Good for

  • prayer and reflection
  • family planning prayers
  • Taoist observance
  • ritual sculpture and painting
  • consecration
  • formal commitments
  • engagement arrangements
  • weddings
  • starting construction
  • moving home
  • installing an altar
  • moving a coffin
  • burial rites
  • earth thanksgiving rites
  • travel
  • cleansing and bathing
  • renovation
  • raising columns
  • raising roof beams
  • receiving funds
  • burial ground work
  • resolving outstanding matters
  • installing doors
  • water works

Avoid

  • installing a stove
  • setting up a bed

Clash and sha

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

Auspicious directions

Joy South · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Southeast

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Spring · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Chariot · Water · Earthworm · Caution Day Officer · Black Tortoise

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

6 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

Geng–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · 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
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · legal disputes
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

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

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · taking up a post
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Chou (Ox) · Hook Array · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Yin (Tiger) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for
weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · engagement arrangements
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–Mao (Rabbit) · 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 · taking up a post
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Avoid
renovation · starting construction
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Si (Snake) · Vermilion Bird · cautious 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 · weddings
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Bing–Wu (Horse) · Golden Coffer · 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
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

Ding–Wei (Goat) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid
boat building · traveling by boat · taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Shen (Monkey) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · consecration · renovation · burial rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–You (Rooster) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Prison · cautious 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
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Hai (Pig) · Black Tortoise · 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 · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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