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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.

Friday
Today

Yi–Si year · Snake

Ding–Hai month

Lunar month 9, day 18
Geng–Chen dayWhite-wax Metal

Good for

  • consecration
  • resolving outstanding matters
  • dismantling
  • renovation
  • starting construction
  • setting up a bed
  • bringing in livestock
  • burial rites
  • reinterment rites
  • coffining rites

Avoid

  • weddings
  • opening for business
  • moving a sacred flame
  • planting
  • burial ground work
  • moving home
  • relocation
  • installing an altar
  • separating households
  • digging a well
  • installing a stove

Clash and sha

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

Auspicious directions

Joy Northwest · Wealth East · Fortune Southwest

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Winter · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Ghost · Metal · Goat · Hold Day Officer · Director of Destiny

Auspicious 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 8 · Earth · Position: Northeast

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

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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