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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.

Monday
Today

Yi–Si year · Snake

Yi–You month

Lunar month 7, day 17
Geng–Chen dayWhite-wax Metal

Good for

  • weddings
  • prayer and reflection
  • family planning prayers
  • travel
  • moving a sacred flame
  • dismantling
  • renovation
  • starting construction
  • raising roof beams
  • consecration
  • welcoming someone into the household
  • opening for business
  • transactions
  • signing agreements
  • installing a signboard
  • setting up a bed
  • moving home
  • relocation
  • planting
  • cutting timber
  • coffining rites
  • burial ground work
  • ending mourning observances
  • beginning mourning observances

Avoid

    Clash and sha

    Clashes with Dog (Jia–Xu) · Sha: South

    Auspicious directions

    Joy Northwest · Wealth East · Fortune Southwest

    Seasonal rhythm

    White Dew · First pentad

    Mansion and day officer

    Net · Moon · Crow · Caution Day Officer · Heavenly Punishment

    Caution day

    Favorable periods

    Yin hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Shen hour · You hour · Hai hour

    Zodiac outlook

    Favorable: Rooster, Monkey, Rat · Clashing: Dog

    Daily Nine Star

    Nine Star 5 · Earth · Position: Centre Palace

    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

    Bing–Zi (Rat) · 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
    taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
    Late ZiCautious · Avoid

    Wu–Zi (Rat) · White Tiger · cautious path

    Good for
    weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
    Avoid
    prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
    Chou hour01:00–02:59
    Cautious · Avoid

    Ding–Chou (Ox) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

    Good for
    rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · burial rites
    Avoid
    taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
    Yin hour03:00–04:59
    Auspicious · Good

    Wu–Yin (Tiger) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

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

    Ji–Mao (Rabbit) · Hook Array · cautious path

    Good for
    family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
    Avoid
    rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · taking up a post · travel · renovation
    Chen hour07:00–08:59
    Auspicious · Good

    Geng–Chen (Dragon) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

    Avoid
    major undertakings
    Si hour09:00–10:59
    Auspicious · Good

    Xin–Si (Snake) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

    Good for
    family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
    Wu hour11:00–12:59
    Cautious · Avoid

    Ren–Wu (Horse) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

    Good for
    pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · offerings of thanks
    Avoid
    rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
    Wei hour13:00–14:59
    Cautious · Avoid

    Gui–Wei (Goat) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

    Good for
    offerings of thanks · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · burial rites
    Avoid
    taking up a post · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
    Shen hour15:00–16:59
    Auspicious · Good

    Jia–Shen (Monkey) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

    Good for
    prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron
    Avoid
    consecration · renovation · burial rites
    You hour17:00–18:59
    Auspicious · Good

    Yi–You (Rooster) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

    Good for
    renovation · installing a stove · family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions
    Avoid
    rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
    Xu hour19:00–20:59
    Cautious · Avoid

    Bing–Xu (Dog) · 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 · rituals and remembrance
    Avoid
    raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
    Hai hour21:00–22:59
    Auspicious · Good

    Ding–Hai (Pig) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

    Good for
    renovation · moving home · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · engagement arrangements · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation
    NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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