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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

Geng–Chen month

Lunar month 3, day 7
Gui–Mao dayGold Foil

Good for

  • weddings
  • travel
  • setting up a canopy
  • coming-of-age rites
  • setting up a bed
  • ending mourning observances
  • beginning mourning observances
  • installing a stove
  • transactions
  • signing agreements
  • coffining rites
  • moving a coffin
  • burial ground work
  • burial rites

Avoid

  • legal disputes
  • consecration
  • opening for business

Clash and sha

Clashes with Rooster (Ding–You) · Sha: West

Auspicious directions

Joy Southeast · Wealth South · Fortune Northeast

Seasonal rhythm

Clear and Bright · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Neck · Metal · Dragon · Close Day Officer · Hook Array

Caution day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Yin hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · You hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Dog, Pig, Goat · Clashing: Rooster

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 1 · Water · Position: North

Supportive markers

4 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

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
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

Jia–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · burial rites · family planning prayers · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
Avoid
renovation · starting construction
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid

Gui–Chou (Ox) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for
renovation · burial rites
Avoid
boat building · traveling by boat
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good

Jia–Yin (Tiger) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Avoid
renovation · starting construction
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

Yi–Mao (Rabbit) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
renovation · installing a stove
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid

Bing–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

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

Ding–Si (Snake) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · renovation · roofing a building · relocation
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Wu–Wu (Horse) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites · taking up a post
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–Wei (Goat) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Shen (Monkey) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

Xin–You (Rooster) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

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

Ren–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Gui–Hai (Pig) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for
roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings
Avoid
consecration · renovation · burial rites
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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