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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

Jia–Chen year · Dragon

Jia–Xu month

Lunar month 9, day 7
Bing–Wu dayCelestial River Water

Good for

  • weddings
  • formal commitments
  • engagement arrangements
  • travel
  • opening for business
  • rituals and remembrance
  • prayer and reflection
  • starting construction
  • relocation
  • moving home
  • burial ground work
  • burial rites

Avoid

  • Taoist observance
  • installing doors

Clash and sha

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

Auspicious directions

Joy Southwest · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Northwest

Seasonal rhythm

Cold Dew · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Three Stars · Water · Ape · Complete Day Officer · Heavenly Punishment

Caution 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

8 traditional markers

Caution markers

1 traditional marker

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) · 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
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · moving home · weddings · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites · taking up a post · installing a stove
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

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

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

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

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Gui–Si (Snake) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for
roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · travel · engagement arrangements · weddings
Avoid
consecration · renovation · burial rites
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
pursuing income · weddings · relocation · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Wei (Goat) · Hook Array · 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

Bing–Shen (Monkey) · Azure Dragon · 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
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

Ding–You (Rooster) · Bright Hall · auspicious 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
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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