2026-12-17 · 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.

December 17, 2026Thursday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Geng–Zi month

Lunar month 11, day 9

Yi–Chou dayGold in the Sea

Good for

weddings
engagement arrangements
formal commitments
building a vehicle
rituals and remembrance
prayer and reflection
building a shrine
installing an altar
moving a sacred flame
travel
visiting one's birth family
starting study
moving home
transactions
signing agreements
seeking medical care
medical treatment
renovation
starting construction
raising columns
raising roof beams
roofing a building
laying foundations
installing doors

Avoid

Taoist observance
cutting timber
preparing roof beams
burial rites
funeral observances

Clash and sha

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

Auspicious directions

Joy Northwest · Wealth Northeast · Fortune Southwest

Seasonal rhythm

Major Snow · Third pentad

Mansion and day officer

Dipper · Wood · Xiezhi · Remove Day Officer · Heavenly Virtue

Auspicious 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 2 · Earth · Position: Southwest

Supportive markers

8 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

Bing–Zi (Rat) · 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 · rituals and remembrance
Avoid: raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites

Late ZiAuspicious · Good

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

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

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Chou (Ox) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites
Avoid: boat building · traveling by boat

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · rituals and remembrance

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Avoid: renovation · starting construction

Si hour09:00–10:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

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

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Avoid: major undertakings

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

You hour17:00–18:59

Cautious · Avoid

Yi–You (Rooster) · Hook Array · 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 · renovation

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites
Avoid: raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · travel

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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