2026-09-19 · 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 19, 2026Saturday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Ding–You month

Lunar month 8, day 9

Bing–Shen dayFire Below the Mountain

Good for

weddings
coming-of-age rites
installing machinery
resolving outstanding matters
bringing in livestock
animal care
cleansing and bathing
cutting timber
erecting scaffolding
preparing roof beams
installing doors
cleaning the home
preparing funerary timber
burial rites
reinterment rites
erecting a memorial
tomb maintenance

Avoid

prayer and reflection
consecration
opening for business
moving home
starting construction

Clash and sha

Clashes with Tiger (Geng–Yin) · Sha: South

Auspicious directions

Joy Southwest · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Northwest

Seasonal rhythm

White Dew · Third pentad

Mansion and day officer

Root · Earth · Raccoon Dog · Close Day Officer · White Tiger

Caution day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Chou hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Wei hour · Xu hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Snake, Rat, Dragon · Clashing: Tiger

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 7 · Metal · Position: West

Supportive markers

6 traditional markers

Caution markers

5 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

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

Avoid: major undertakings

Late ZiAuspicious · Good

Geng–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
Avoid: raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · legal disputes

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Auspicious · Good

Ji–Chou (Ox) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · installing a stove

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Yin (Tiger) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · taking up a post · rituals and remembrance
Avoid: raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Mao (Rabbit) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for: family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · engagement arrangements

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Auspicious · Good

Ren–Chen (Dragon) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for: rituals and remembrance · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat

Si hour09:00–10:59

Auspicious · Good

Gui–Si (Snake) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

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

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Wu (Horse) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for: prayer and reflection · weddings · building a shrine · installing a stove · moving home · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Auspicious · Good

Yi–Wei (Goat) · Jade Hall · auspicious 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

Cautious · Avoid

Bing–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

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

You hour17:00–18:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ding–You (Rooster) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

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

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Auspicious · Good

Wu–Xu (Dog) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid: taking up a post · legal disputes

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Hai (Pig) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for: family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · travel · pursuing income

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