2026-09-21 · 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 21, 2026Monday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Ding–You month

Lunar month 8, day 11

Wu–Xu dayPlain Wood

Good for

weddings
engagement arrangements
rituals and remembrance
resolving outstanding matters
travel
renovation
starting construction
opening for business
raising roof beams
setting up a bed
personal grooming
cleaning the home
seeking medical care
medical treatment
laying foundations
setting foundation stones
roofing a building
joining a roof ridge

Avoid

building a shrine
funeral observances
burial rites
cutting timber
installing a stove
boat building

Clash and sha

Clashes with Dragon (Ren–Chen) · Sha: North

Auspicious directions

Joy Southeast · Wealth North · Fortune Northeast

Seasonal rhythm

White Dew · Third pentad

Mansion and day officer

Heart · Moon · Fox · Remove Day Officer · Heavenly Prison

Caution day

Favorable periods

Yin hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Shen hour · You hour · Hai hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Rabbit, Tiger, Horse · Clashing: Dragon

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 5 · Earth · Position: Centre Palace

Supportive markers

4 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 ZiCautious · Avoid

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

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

Late ZiCautious · Avoid

Jia–Zi (Rat) · White Tiger · cautious path

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

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Cautious · Avoid

Gui–Chou (Ox) · Black Tortoise · cautious 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 · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Auspicious · Good

Jia–Yin (Tiger) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Avoid: major undertakings

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Mao (Rabbit) · Hook Array · cautious path

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

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Auspicious · Good

Bing–Chen (Dragon) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

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

Si hour09:00–10:59

Auspicious · Good

Ding–Si (Snake) · 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

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Wu (Horse) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for: family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · prayer and reflection

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Wei (Goat) · 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 · engagement arrangements · weddings
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Auspicious · Good

Geng–Shen (Monkey) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid: boat building · traveling by boat · raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes

You hour17:00–18:59

Auspicious · Good

Xin–You (Rooster) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

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

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ren–Xu (Dog) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for: installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation
Avoid: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Auspicious · Good

Gui–Hai (Pig) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

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

NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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