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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

Jia–Shen month

Lunar month 6, day 14
Wu–Shen dayPost-road Earth

Good for

  • rituals and remembrance
  • prayer and reflection
  • family planning prayers
  • consecration
  • travel
  • resolving outstanding matters
  • raising roof beams
  • roofing a building
  • relocation
  • installing doors
  • receiving funds
  • animal care
  • bringing in livestock
  • burial rites
  • reinterment rites
  • coffining rites

Avoid

  • burial ground work
  • property acquisition
  • digging a well
  • starting construction
  • setting up a bed

Clash and sha

Clashes with Tiger (Ren–Yin) · Sha: South

Auspicious directions

Joy Southeast · Wealth North · Fortune Northeast

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Autumn · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Legs · Wood · Wolf · Establish Day Officer · Heavenly Prison

Caution day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Chou hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Wei hour · Xu hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Snake, Rat, Dragon · Clashing: Tiger

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 1 · Water · Position: North

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

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

Avoid
major undertakings
Late ZiAuspicious · Good

Jia–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Avoid
taking up a post · legal disputes · renovation · starting construction
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–Chou (Ox) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · installing a stove
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Yin (Tiger) · 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
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Mao (Rabbit) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good

Bing–Chen (Dragon) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · burial rites · moving home · renovation
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good

Ding–Si (Snake) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Wu (Horse) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · prayer and reflection · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
bridge construction · traveling by boat
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–Wei (Goat) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Prison · 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
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–You (Rooster) · Black Tortoise · 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
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Xu (Dog) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Gui–Hai (Pig) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
consecration · renovation · burial rites
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