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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.

Saturday
Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Geng–Zi month

Lunar month 11, day 11
Ding–Mao dayFire in the Furnace

Good for

  • rituals and remembrance
  • road maintenance
  • ending mourning observances
  • beginning mourning observances
  • burial rites
  • other nonessential plans

Avoid

  • weddings
  • moving home
  • engagement arrangements
  • formal commitments
  • digging a well

Clash and sha

Clashes with Rooster (Xin–You) · Sha: West

Auspicious directions

Joy South · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Southeast

Seasonal rhythm

Major Snow · Third pentad

Mansion and day officer

Girl · Earth · Bat · Balance Day Officer · Jade Hall

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Yin hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · You hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Dog, Pig, Goat · Clashing: Rooster

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 4 · Wood · Position: Southeast

Supportive markers

7 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 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
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

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

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Chou (Ox) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for
meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Yin (Tiger) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–Mao (Rabbit) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Si (Snake) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Bing–Wu (Horse) · Golden Coffer · auspicious 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
Avoid
renovation · starting construction
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

Ding–Wei (Goat) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · renovation · moving home · burial rites · rituals and remembrance
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Shen (Monkey) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
moving home · renovation · burial rites · rituals and remembrance · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–You (Rooster) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Hai (Pig) · 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 · rituals and remembrance · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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