2026-08-12 · 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.

August 12, 2026Wednesday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Bing–Shen month

Lunar month 6, day 30

Wu–Wu dayHeavenly Fire

Good for

weddings
rituals and remembrance
prayer and reflection
family planning prayers
consecration
travel
resolving outstanding matters
setting up a bed
planting
moving a coffin
welcoming someone into the household
meeting friends and family
ending mourning observances
beginning mourning observances

Avoid

roofing a building
coffining rites
burial rites
cutting timber
moving home
relocation
property acquisition
bringing in livestock

Clash and sha

Clashes with Rat (Ren–Zi) · Sha: North

Auspicious directions

Joy Southeast · Wealth North · Fortune Northeast

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Autumn · Second pentad

Mansion and day officer

Three Stars · Water · Ape · Open Day Officer · White Tiger

Caution day

Favorable periods

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

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Goat, Tiger, Dog · Clashing: Rat

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 9 · Fire · Position: South

Supportive markers

6 traditional markers

Caution markers

2 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

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

Avoid: major undertakings

Late ZiCautious · Avoid

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

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · legal disputes

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Auspicious · Good

Gui–Chou (Ox) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious 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

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Yin (Tiger) · White Tiger · 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 · travel

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Auspicious · Good

Yi–Mao (Rabbit) · Jade Hall · 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 · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Cautious · Avoid

Bing–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: raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes

Si hour09:00–10:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · relocation · opening for business · moving home
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · consecration · renovation · burial rites

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions
Avoid: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · bridge construction · traveling by boat

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites · taking up a post
Avoid: renovation · starting construction

You hour17:00–18:59

Auspicious · Good

Xin–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 · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · 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

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for: weddings · renovation · building a shrine · installing a stove · moving home · burial rites · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel

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