2026-12-18 · 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 18, 2026Friday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Geng–Zi month

Lunar month 11, day 10

Bing–Yin dayFire in the Furnace

Good for

engagement arrangements
formal commitments
opening for business
transactions
signing agreements
travel
meeting friends and family
installing machinery
raising columns
raising roof beams
road maintenance
cutting timber
dismantling
roofing a building
laying foundations
setting up a bed
installing doors
resolving outstanding matters
burial rites
reinterment rites
ending mourning observances
beginning mourning observances
tomb maintenance
erecting a memorial
moving a coffin
coffining rites

Avoid

weddings
starting construction
burial ground work
prayer and reflection
moving a sacred flame
moving home

Clash and sha

Clashes with Monkey (Geng–Shen) · Sha: North

Auspicious directions

Joy Southwest · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Northwest

Seasonal rhythm

Major Snow · Third pentad

Mansion and day officer

Ox · Metal · Ox · Full Day Officer · White Tiger

Caution day

Favorable periods

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

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Pig, Horse, Dog · Clashing: Monkey

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 3 · Wood · Position: East

Supportive markers

12 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 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

Late ZiAuspicious · Good

Geng–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

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

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for: family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites · prayer and reflection
Avoid: taking up a post · legal disputes · renovation · starting construction

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

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

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration

Si hour09:00–10:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

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

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Auspicious · Good

Yi–Wei (Goat) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for: renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Avoid: major undertakings

You hour17:00–18:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

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

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance
Avoid: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Hai (Pig) · 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 · rituals and remembrance
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation · consecration

NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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