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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

Yi–Hai month

Lunar month 10, day 8
Bing–Zi dayRavine Water

Good for

  • rituals and remembrance
  • prayer and reflection
  • Taoist observance
  • ritual sculpture and painting
  • consecration
  • formal commitments
  • engagement arrangements
  • cutting garments
  • coming-of-age rites
  • weddings
  • dismantling
  • moving home
  • installing an altar
  • coffining rites
  • moving a coffin
  • haircuts
  • burial rites
  • tomb maintenance
  • earth thanksgiving rites
  • taking up a post
  • relocation
  • cleansing and bathing
  • medical treatment
  • burial ground work
  • reinterment rites
  • personal grooming
  • starting study
  • preparing roof beams

Avoid

  • opening for business

Clash and sha

Clashes with Horse (Geng–Wu) · Sha: South

Auspicious directions

Joy Southwest · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Northwest

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Winter · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Ghost · Metal · Goat · Remove Day Officer · White Tiger

Caution day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Chou hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Shen hour · You hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Ox, Monkey, Dragon · Clashing: Horse

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 3 · Wood · Position: East

Supportive markers

5 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

Wu–Zi (Rat) · Golden Coffer · 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 ZiCautious · Avoid

Geng–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious 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 · renovation · starting construction
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–Chou (Ox) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious 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
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · starting construction
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

Xin–Mao (Rabbit) · Jade Hall · auspicious 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 · engagement arrangements · weddings · welcoming someone into the household
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Gui–Si (Snake) · Black Tortoise · cautious 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 · renovation · starting construction · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Avoid
major undertakings
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Wei (Goat) · Hook Array · cautious path

Avoid
renovation · starting construction · taking up a post · travel
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
renovation · moving home · burial rites · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · taking up a post
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · travel · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Hai (Pig) · Vermilion Bird · 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
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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