2026-12-23 · 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 23, 2026Wednesday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Geng–Zi month

Lunar month 11, day 15

Xin–Wei dayRoadside Earth

Good for

setting up a bed
erecting scaffolding
rituals and remembrance
ritual sculpture and painting
consecration
travel
haircuts
cutting timber
preparing roof beams
preparing column joints
building a latrine
hunting
burial ground work
coffining rites
ending mourning observances
beginning mourning observances
moving a coffin
reinterment rites
tomb maintenance
erecting a memorial

Avoid

installing a stove
installing doors
bridge construction
opening for business
burial rites

Clash and sha

Clashes with Ox (Yi–Chou) · Sha: West

Auspicious directions

Joy Southwest · Wealth East · Fortune Northwest

Seasonal rhythm

Winter Solstice · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Traditional lunar mansion · Caution Day Officer · Hook Array

Caution day

Favorable periods

Yin hour · Mao hour · Si hour · Shen hour · Xu hour · Hai hour · Zi hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Horse, Pig, Rabbit · Clashing: Ox

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 8 · Earth · Position: Northeast

Supportive markers

1 traditional marker

Caution markers

5 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 Punishment · cautious path

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

Late ZiAuspicious · Good

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

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

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Avoid: major undertakings

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Avoid: renovation · starting construction

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Auspicious · Good

Xin–Mao (Rabbit) · 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

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for: moving home · renovation · burial rites · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel

Si hour09:00–10:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Wu (Horse) · 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 · rituals and remembrance
Avoid: taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for: meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid: boat building · traveling by boat · taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

You hour17:00–18:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ding–You (Rooster) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for: moving home · burial rites · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites · rituals and remembrance
Avoid: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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