2026-04-05 · Chinese Almanac and Personal Daily Report

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.

April 5, 2026Sunday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Ren–Chen month

Lunar month 2, day 18

Ji–You dayPost-road Earth

Good for

rituals and remembrance
prayer and reflection
family planning prayers
consecration
resolving outstanding matters
moving a sacred flame
dismantling
moving home
setting up a bed
renovation
installing doors
bringing in livestock
reinterment rites
burial rites

Avoid

starting construction
burial ground work
receiving funds
digging a well
installing a signboard
opening for business
cutting timber
transactions

Clash and sha

Clashes with Rabbit (Gui–Mao) · Sha: East

Auspicious directions

Joy Northeast · Wealth North · Fortune North

Seasonal rhythm

Clear and Bright · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Room · Sun · Rabbit · Hold Day Officer · Heavenly Virtue

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Yin hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · You hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Dragon, Snake, Ox · Clashing: Rabbit

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 7 · Metal · Position: West

Supportive markers

7 traditional markers

Caution markers

7 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

Avoid: taking up a post · legal disputes · renovation · starting construction

Late ZiCautious · Avoid

Bing–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Chou (Ox) · Hook Array · cautious path

Avoid: major undertakings

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Auspicious · Good

Bing–Yin (Tiger) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Auspicious · Good

Ding–Mao (Rabbit) · Bright Hall · auspicious 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 · consecration · taking up a post · travel

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · travel

Si hour09:00–10:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Si (Snake) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for: renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · family planning prayers · weddings · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Auspicious · Good

Geng–Wu (Horse) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for: 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 · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Auspicious · Good

Xin–Wei (Goat) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for: meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ren–Shen (Monkey) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for: taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · travel · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites · engagement arrangements · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance
Avoid: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers

You hour17:00–18:59

Auspicious · Good

Gui–You (Rooster) · Jade Hall · 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 · family planning prayers

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for: prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Hai (Pig) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for: taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business

NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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