2026-12-20 · 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 20, 2026Sunday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Geng–Zi month

Lunar month 11, day 12

Wu–Chen dayGreat Forest Wood

Good for

engagement arrangements
formal commitments
rituals and remembrance
prayer and reflection
consecration
installing an altar
moving a sacred flame
travel
meeting friends and family
installing machinery
renovation
starting construction
raising columns
raising roof beams
roofing a building
laying foundations
setting foundation stones
setting up a bed
installing doors
dismantling
relocation
bridge construction
boat building
burial rites
burial ground work
coffining rites

Avoid

opening for business
building a shrine
property acquisition
digging a well

Clash and sha

Clashes with Dog (Ren–Xu) · Sha: South

Auspicious directions

Joy Southeast · Wealth North · Fortune Northeast

Seasonal rhythm

Major Snow · Third pentad

Mansion and day officer

Emptiness · Sun · Rat · Settle Day Officer · Heavenly Prison

Caution day

Favorable periods

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

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Rooster, Monkey, Rat · Clashing: Dog

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 5 · Earth · Position: Centre Palace

Supportive markers

6 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

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

Late ZiCautious · Avoid

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

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

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

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

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for: pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · 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: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid: raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · travel

Si hour09:00–10:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed
Avoid: consecration · renovation · burial rites

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

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

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

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

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 · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid: renovation · starting construction

You hour17:00–18:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Avoid: major undertakings

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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