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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.

Saturday
Today

Gui–Mao year · Rabbit

Xin–You month

Lunar month 7, day 25
Geng–Wu dayRoadside Earth

Good for

  • rituals and remembrance
  • cutting garments
  • coming-of-age rites
  • weddings
  • welcoming a son-in-law
  • meeting friends and family
  • ending mourning observances
  • beginning mourning observances
  • moving a coffin
  • pest control
  • welcoming someone into the household
  • coffining rites

Avoid

  • relocation
  • moving home
  • installing a stove

Clash and sha

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

Auspicious directions

Joy Northwest · Wealth East · Fortune Southwest

Seasonal rhythm

White Dew · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Traditional lunar mansion · Gather Day Officer · Golden Coffer

Auspicious 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

4 traditional markers

Caution markers

7 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

Bing–Zi (Rat) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

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

Good for
weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites · rituals and remembrance
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

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

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

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

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Si (Snake) · Black Tortoise · 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 · travel · renovation · starting construction
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Wu (Horse) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites · installing a stove
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid

Gui–Wei (Goat) · Hook Array · 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
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · prayer and reflection
Avoid
consecration · renovation · burial rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

Yi–You (Rooster) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

Bing–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Punishment · 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

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

Good for
renovation · moving home · burial rites · meeting a senior or patron · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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