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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.

Saturday
Today

Yi–Si year · Snake

Ren–Wu month

Lunar month 5, day 12
Ding–Wei dayCelestial River Water

Good for

  • weddings
  • rituals and remembrance
  • prayer and reflection
  • moving a sacred flame
  • consecration
  • family planning prayers
  • travel
  • dismantling
  • opening for business
  • transactions
  • signing agreements
  • installing a signboard
  • moving home
  • relocation
  • setting up a bed
  • planting
  • starting construction

Avoid

  • burial rites
  • funeral observances
  • cutting timber
  • preparing roof beams

Clash and sha

Clashes with Ox (Xin–Chou) · Sha: West

Auspicious directions

Joy South · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Southeast

Seasonal rhythm

Grain in Ear · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Girl · Earth · Bat · Remove Day Officer · Hook Array

Caution day

Favorable periods

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

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Horse, Pig, Rabbit · Clashing: Ox

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 2 · Earth · Position: Southwest

Supportive markers

4 traditional markers

Caution markers

3 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
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Late ZiAuspicious · Good

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

Avoid
major undertakings
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Chou (Ox) · Vermilion Bird · cautious 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 · meeting a senior or patron
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

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

Yi–Si (Snake) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · weddings · renovation · roofing a building · building a shrine · installing a stove · moving home · burial rites · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · boat building · traveling by boat
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites · family planning prayers
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

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

Wu–Shen (Monkey) · Director of Destiny · 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 · consecration · renovation · burial rites
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
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good

Geng–Xu (Dog) · 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 · taking up a post
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Avoid
major undertakings
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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