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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.

Tuesday
Today

Yi–Si year · Snake

Yi–You month

Lunar month 7, day 18
Xin–Si dayWhite-wax Metal

Good for

  • opening for business
  • transactions
  • signing agreements
  • installing a signboard
  • rituals and remembrance
  • consecration
  • welcoming someone into the household
  • moving home
  • setting up a bed
  • moving a sacred flame
  • dismantling
  • renovation
  • starting construction
  • planting

Avoid

  • weddings
  • erecting a memorial
  • travel
  • cutting timber
  • burial rites
  • funeral observances
  • relocation
  • bringing in livestock

Clash and sha

Clashes with Pig (Yi–Hai) · Sha: East

Auspicious directions

Joy Southwest · Wealth East · Fortune Northwest

Seasonal rhythm

White Dew · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Turtle Beak · Fire · Monkey · Complete Day Officer · Vermilion Bird

Caution day

Favorable periods

Chou hour · Chen hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · Xu hour · Hai hour · Zi hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Monkey, Rooster, Ox · Clashing: Pig

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 4 · Wood · Position: Southeast

Supportive markers

7 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

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
Late ZiAuspicious · Good

Geng–Zi (Rat) · Golden Coffer · auspicious 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
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–Chou (Ox) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · travel · weddings · welcoming someone into the household
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Yin (Tiger) · 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 · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Mao (Rabbit) · Black Tortoise · 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 · starting construction
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Chen (Dragon) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

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

Gui–Si (Snake) · Hook Array · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Jia–Wu (Horse) · Azure Dragon · 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
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

Yi–Wei (Goat) · Bright 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 · rituals and remembrance · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Bing–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · legal disputes
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ding–You (Rooster) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites · renovation
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good

Wu–Xu (Dog) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
traveling by boat · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · rituals and remembrance
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–Hai (Pig) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · installing a stove
Avoid
bridge construction · traveling by boat · consecration · renovation · burial rites
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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