2026-12-29 · 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 29, 2026Tuesday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Geng–Zi month

Lunar month 11, day 21

Ding–Chou dayRavine Water

Good for

formal commitments
engagement arrangements
building a vehicle
rituals and remembrance
prayer and reflection
travel
installing an altar
renovation
starting construction
raising roof beams
opening for business
transactions
signing agreements
relocation
moving home
meeting friends and family
installing machinery
planting
bringing in livestock
roofing a building
laying foundations
setting up a bed
building animal pens

Avoid

burial ground work
burial rites
funeral observances
preparing a burial site

Clash and sha

Clashes with Goat (Xin–Wei) · Sha: East

Auspicious directions

Joy South · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Southeast

Seasonal rhythm

Winter Solstice · Second pentad

Mansion and day officer

Turtle Beak · Fire · Monkey · Remove Day Officer · Heavenly Virtue

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

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

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Rat, Snake, Rooster · Clashing: Goat

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 5 · Earth · Position: Centre Palace

Supportive markers

8 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 ZiCautious · Avoid

Geng–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious 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 · renovation · starting construction

Late ZiAuspicious · Good

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

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

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

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

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · consecration · renovation · burial rites

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Auspicious · Good

Gui–Mao (Rabbit) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

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

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Avoid: renovation · starting construction

Si hour09:00–10:59

Auspicious · Good

Yi–Si (Snake) · Jade Hall · 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 · roofing a building · relocation · taking up a post

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Cautious · Avoid

Bing–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
Avoid: raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Avoid: major undertakings

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation
Avoid: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income

You hour17:00–18:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

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

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Auspicious · Good

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

Good for: taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business

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