Good for
- opening for business
- transactions
- signing agreements
- receiving funds
- opening a pond
- repairing walls
- weddings
- engagement arrangements
- bringing in livestock
- fishing
- setting up a bed
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.
Yi–Si year · Snake
Ji–Chou month
Lunar month 11, day 17Ji–Mao dayCity-wall Earth
Avoid
- renovation
- raising roof beams
- moving home
- prayer and reflection
- visiting the sick
- digging a well
- starting construction
- installing doors
- burial rites
- installing a stove
Clash and sha
Clashes with Rooster (Gui–You) · Sha: West
Auspicious directions
Joy Northeast · Wealth North · Fortune North
Seasonal rhythm
Minor Cold · First pentad
Mansion and day officer
Extended Net · Moon · Deer · Full Day Officer · Heavenly Virtue
Auspicious dayFavorable periods
Zi hour · Yin hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · You hour
Zodiac outlook
Favorable: Dog, Pig, Goat · Clashing: Rooster
Nine Star 7 · Metal · Position: West
9 traditional 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 ZiAuspicious · Good
Jia–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · auspicious 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 · installing a stove
Late 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
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid
Yi–Chou (Ox) · Hook Array · cautious path
- Good for
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · renovation
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good
Bing–Yin (Tiger) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path
- Good for
- 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 · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good
Ding–Mao (Rabbit) · Bright Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- renovation · moving home · burial rites
- Avoid
- boat building · traveling by boat
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid
Wu–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path
- Good for
- rituals and remembrance · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ji–Si (Snake) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path
- Good for
- taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · moving home · relocation · family planning prayers
- Avoid
- consecration · renovation · burial rites
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good
Geng–Wu (Horse) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron
- Avoid
- renovation · starting construction
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good
Xin–Wei (Goat) · Heavenly Virtue · 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
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ren–Shen (Monkey) · White Tiger · cautious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · weddings · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good
Gui–You (Rooster) · Jade Hall · auspicious path
- Avoid
- major undertakings
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid
Jia–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path
- Good for
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · joining a roof ridge · weddings · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid
Yi–Hai (Pig) · Black Tortoise · cautious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · meeting a senior or patron
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT
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