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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

Gui–Mao year · Rabbit

Yi–Mao month

Lunar month 2, day 18
Bing–Yin dayFire in the Furnace

Good for

  • formal commitments
  • engagement arrangements
  • coming-of-age rites
  • dismantling
  • renovation
  • starting construction
  • setting up a bed
  • coffining rites
  • ending mourning observances
  • beginning mourning observances
  • moving a coffin
  • burial rites
  • burial ground work
  • reinterment rites
  • building storage

Avoid

  • installing a stove
  • consecration
  • weddings
  • opening for business
  • moving home

Clash and sha

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

Auspicious directions

Joy Southwest · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Northwest

Seasonal rhythm

Awakening of Insects · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Horn · Wood · Flood Dragon · Close Day Officer · Azure Dragon

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 9 · Fire · Position: South

Supportive markers

9 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

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

Good for
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · rituals and remembrance · offerings of thanks
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Late ZiAuspicious · Good

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

Good for
installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–Chou (Ox) · Bright Hall · auspicious 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 · meeting a senior or patron · weddings · welcoming someone into the household
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites · prayer and reflection
Avoid
taking up a post · legal disputes · renovation · starting construction
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · weddings · renovation · relocation · opening for business · burial rites
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Chen (Dragon) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Bing–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · moving home · burial rites · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Hai (Pig) · 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 · consecration
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