2026-04-08 · 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 8, 2026Wednesday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Ren–Chen month

Lunar month 2, day 21

Ren–Zi dayMulberry Wood

Good for

rituals and remembrance
prayer and reflection
family planning prayers
consecration
resolving outstanding matters
engagement arrangements
coming-of-age rites
moving a sacred flame
dismantling
welcoming someone into the household
setting up a bed
starting construction
raising roof beams
building a shrine
digging a well
opening a pond
coffining rites
moving a coffin
burial rites
burial ground work

Avoid

Clash and sha

Clashes with Horse (Bing–Wu) · Sha: South

Auspicious directions

Joy South · Wealth South · Fortune Southeast

Seasonal rhythm

Clear and Bright · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Winnowing Basket · Water · Leopard · Complete Day Officer · Heavenly Prison

Caution day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Chou hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Shen hour · You hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Ox, Monkey, Dragon · Clashing: Horse

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 1 · Water · Position: North

Supportive markers

10 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 ZiAuspicious · Good

Geng–Zi (Rat) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for: family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites · prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements
Avoid: boat building · traveling by boat · renovation · starting construction

Late ZiCautious · Avoid

Ren–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for: taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites · family planning prayers
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Auspicious · Good

Xin–Chou (Ox) · 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

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ren–Yin (Tiger) · White Tiger · cautious path

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

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Auspicious · Good

Gui–Mao (Rabbit) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for: family planning prayers · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Chen (Dragon) · 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

Si hour09:00–10:59

Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Si (Snake) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for: family planning prayers · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Auspicious · Good

Bing–Wu (Horse) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Avoid: major undertakings

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Wei (Goat) · Hook Array · cautious path

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

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Auspicious · Good

Wu–Shen (Monkey) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers

You hour17:00–18:59

Auspicious · Good

Ji–You (Rooster) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for: renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

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

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Hai (Pig) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for: taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks

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