2026-12-26 · 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 26, 2026Saturday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Geng–Zi month

Lunar month 11, day 18

Jia–Xu dayMountaintop Fire

Good for

engagement arrangements
formal commitments
rituals and remembrance
prayer and reflection
family planning prayers
ritual sculpture and painting
resolving outstanding matters
dismantling
renovation
starting construction
raising columns
raising roof beams
installing doors
property acquisition
opening a pond
digging a well
bringing in livestock
setting up a bed
planting
building animal pens
burial ground work
moving a coffin
erecting a memorial

Avoid

weddings
opening for business
moving a sacred flame
welcoming someone into the household
coffining rites
taking up a post
moving home
relocation
travel
burial rites

Clash and sha

Clashes with Dragon (Wu–Chen) · Sha: North

Auspicious directions

Joy Northeast · Wealth Northeast · Fortune North

Seasonal rhythm

Winter Solstice · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Traditional lunar mansion · Open Day Officer · Heavenly Punishment

Caution day

Favorable periods

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

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Rabbit, Tiger, Horse · Clashing: Dragon

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 2 · Earth · Position: Southwest

Supportive markers

4 traditional markers

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

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

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

Late ZiCautious · Avoid

Bing–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
Avoid: raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

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

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Auspicious · Good

Bing–Yin (Tiger) · 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 · taking up a post · rituals and remembrance
Avoid: raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Mao (Rabbit) · 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 · moving home · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Auspicious · Good

Wu–Chen (Dragon) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Avoid: major undertakings

Si hour09:00–10:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · travel · engagement arrangements · weddings
Avoid: consecration · renovation · burial rites

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Wu (Horse) · 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
Avoid: taking up a post · legal disputes · renovation · starting construction

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

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

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Auspicious · Good

Ren–Shen (Monkey) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

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

You hour17:00–18:59

Auspicious · Good

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

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

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for: prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · relocation · opening for business · renovation · moving home · burial rites
Avoid: boat building · traveling by boat

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks

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