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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

Yi–Si year · Snake

Ji–Mao month

Lunar month 2, day 8
Yi–Hai dayMountaintop Fire

Good for

  • rituals and remembrance
  • consecration
  • ritual sculpture and painting
  • engagement arrangements
  • cutting garments
  • dismantling
  • setting up a bed
  • laying foundations
  • starting construction
  • raising columns
  • raising roof beams
  • relocation
  • moving home
  • installing an altar
  • opening for business
  • signing agreements
  • installing a signboard
  • cleansing and bathing
  • travel
  • family planning prayers
  • installing doors

Avoid

  • weddings
  • planting
  • cutting timber
  • burial rites

Clash and sha

Clashes with Snake (Ji–Si) · Sha: West

Auspicious directions

Joy Northwest · Wealth Northeast · Fortune Southwest

Seasonal rhythm

Awakening of Insects · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Neck · Metal · Dragon · Complete Day Officer · Black Tortoise

Caution day

Favorable periods

Chou hour · Chen hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · Xu hour · Hai hour · Zi hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Tiger, Rabbit, Goat · Clashing: Snake

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 9 · Fire · Position: South

Supportive markers

6 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 ZiCautious · Avoid

Bing–Zi (Rat) · White Tiger · cautious 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 · taking up a post
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Late 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
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Ding–Chou (Ox) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · taking up a post
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Yin (Tiger) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Mao (Rabbit) · Black Tortoise · 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
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good

Geng–Chen (Dragon) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · travel · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid
renovation · starting construction
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Si (Snake) · Hook Array · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Wu (Horse) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · engagement arrangements · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–Wei (Goat) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · consecration · renovation · burial rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–You (Rooster) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Avoid
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good

Bing–Xu (Dog) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good

Ding–Hai (Pig) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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