2026-09-12 · 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.

September 12, 2026Saturday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Ding–You month

Lunar month 8, day 2

Ji–Chou dayThunderbolt Fire

Good for

weddings
rituals and remembrance
prayer and reflection
family planning prayers
consecration
travel
moving a sacred flame
dismantling
renovation
starting construction
welcoming someone into the household
moving home
relocation
setting up a bed
opening for business
transactions
signing agreements
installing a signboard
planting
bringing in livestock
coffining rites
burial rites
ending mourning observances
beginning mourning observances

Avoid

Clash and sha

Clashes with Goat (Gui–Wei) · Sha: East

Auspicious directions

Joy Northeast · Wealth North · Fortune North

Seasonal rhythm

White Dew · Second pentad

Mansion and day officer

Willow · Earth · Deer · Settle Day Officer · Hook Array

Caution day

Favorable periods

Yin hour · Mao hour · Si hour · Shen hour · Xu hour · Hai hour · Zi hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Rat, Snake, Rooster · Clashing: Goat

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 5 · Earth · Position: Centre Palace

Supportive markers

4 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 ZiCautious · Avoid

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

Good for: taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · weddings · relocation · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid: renovation · starting construction

Late ZiAuspicious · Good

Bing–Zi (Rat) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · 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) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for: renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · engagement arrangements · weddings · welcoming someone into the household

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Auspicious · Good

Bing–Yin (Tiger) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for: joining a roof ridge · weddings · renovation · burial rites
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Auspicious · Good

Ding–Mao (Rabbit) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for: family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Chen (Dragon) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for: installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · travel · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites

Si hour09:00–10:59

Auspicious · Good

Ji–Si (Snake) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Avoid: major undertakings

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Wu (Horse) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Avoid: renovation · starting construction

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Wei (Goat) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · renovation · moving home · burial rites · rituals and remembrance

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Auspicious · Good

Ren–Shen (Monkey) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for: moving home · renovation · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat

You hour17:00–18:59

Cautious · Avoid

Gui–You (Rooster) · Hook Array · cautious 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

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Auspicious · Good

Jia–Xu (Dog) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · starting construction

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Auspicious · Good

Yi–Hai (Pig) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for: pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks
Avoid: taking up a post · travel

NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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