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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.

Thursday
Today

Yi–Si year · Snake

Xin–Si month

Lunar month 4, day 11
Ding–Chou dayRavine Water

Good for

  • opening for business
  • transactions
  • signing agreements
  • rituals and remembrance
  • prayer and reflection
  • consecration
  • cutting timber
  • welcoming someone into the household
  • setting up a bed
  • dismantling
  • renovation
  • starting construction
  • planting
  • burial ground work
  • moving a coffin
  • burial rites

Avoid

  • moving home
  • relocation
  • haircuts
  • moving a sacred flame
  • weddings
  • travel

Clash and sha

Clashes with Goat (Xin–Wei) · Sha: East

Auspicious directions

Joy South · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Southeast

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Summer · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Dipper · Wood · Xiezhi · Complete Day Officer · Jade Hall

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

Yin hour · Mao hour · Si hour · Shen hour · Xu hour · Hai hour · Zi hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Rat, Snake, Rooster · Clashing: Goat

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 8 · Earth · Position: Northeast

Supportive markers

6 traditional markers

Caution markers

4 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

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
Late ZiAuspicious · Good

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

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Chou (Ox) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites · prayer and reflection
Avoid
boat building · traveling by boat
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Yin (Tiger) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · consecration · renovation · burial rites
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–Mao (Rabbit) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

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

Jia–Chen (Dragon) · White Tiger · cautious path

Avoid
renovation · starting construction
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good

Yi–Si (Snake) · 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 · roofing a building · relocation · taking up a post
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid

Bing–Wu (Horse) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Wei (Goat) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Auspicious · Good

Wu–Shen (Monkey) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ji–You (Rooster) · Hook Array · cautious 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
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good

Geng–Xu (Dog) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good

Xin–Hai (Pig) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business
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