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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

Jia–Chen year · Dragon

Geng–Wu month

Lunar month 5, day 2
Ren–Yin dayGold Foil

Good for

  • consecration
  • seeking medical care
  • medical treatment
  • starting construction
  • raising roof beams
  • coffining rites
  • burial ground work
  • burial rites

Avoid

  • weddings

Clash and sha

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

Auspicious directions

Joy South · Wealth South · Fortune Southeast

Seasonal rhythm

Grain in Ear · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Ox · Metal · Ox · Complete Day Officer · White Tiger

Caution 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 6 · Metal · Position: Northwest

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

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
boat building · traveling by boat · raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · travel
Late ZiAuspicious · Good

Ren–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · 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
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Xin–Chou (Ox) · Bright Hall · 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
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · travel · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · 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
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Avoid
major undertakings
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
offerings of thanks · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Prison · cautious 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 · moving home
Avoid
consecration · renovation · burial rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

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

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · travel
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Hai (Pig) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for
taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · travel · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites · renovation · moving home
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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