2026-11-08 · 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.

November 8, 2026Sunday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Ji–Hai month

Lunar month 9, day 30

Bing–Xu dayRoof Earth

Good for

setting up a bed
rituals and remembrance
opening a pond
repairing walls
coffining rites
moving a coffin
burial ground work
reinterment rites

Avoid

moving home
relocation
weddings
digging a well
installing a stove
moving a sacred flame
welcoming someone into the household
opening for business
consecration

Clash and sha

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

Auspicious directions

Joy Southwest · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Northwest

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Winter · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Star · Sun · Horse · Close Day Officer · Golden Coffer

Auspicious 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 2 · Earth · Position: Southwest

Supportive markers

2 traditional markers

Caution markers

4 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

Wu–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Prison · 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

Late ZiCautious · Avoid

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

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance
Avoid: raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Chou (Ox) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

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

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Avoid: major undertakings

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for: renovation · moving home · burial rites · family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: rituals and remembrance · travel · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · renovation · burial rites
Avoid: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers

Si hour09:00–10:59

Auspicious · Good

Gui–Si (Snake) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · joining a roof ridge · weddings
Avoid: consecration · renovation · burial rites

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for: prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · relocation · moving home · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Wei (Goat) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for: renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: family planning prayers · weddings · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes

You hour17:00–18:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Xu (Dog) · 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 · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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