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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.

Friday
Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Xin–Chou month

Lunar month 12, day 1
Ding–Hai dayRoof Earth

Good for

  • opening for business
  • transactions
  • signing agreements
  • receiving funds
  • bringing in livestock
  • building animal pens
  • moving home
  • relocation
  • setting up a bed
  • consecration
  • prayer and reflection
  • family planning prayers
  • starting construction

Avoid

  • weddings
  • planting
  • burial rites
  • haircuts
  • building a shrine
  • installing a stove
  • coffining rites
  • funeral observances
  • bridge construction

Clash and sha

Clashes with Snake (Xin–Si) · Sha: West

Auspicious directions

Joy South · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Southeast

Seasonal rhythm

Minor Cold · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Neck · Metal · Dragon · Open Day Officer · Bright Hall

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

Chou hour · Chen hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · Xu hour · Hai hour · Zi hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Tiger, Rabbit, Goat · Clashing: Snake

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 6 · Metal · Position: Northwest

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) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Late ZiAuspicious · Good

Ren–Zi (Rat) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · rituals and remembrance · offerings of thanks
Avoid
taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Xin–Chou (Ox) · 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 · rituals and remembrance
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ren–Yin (Tiger) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · travel · pursuing income
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

Gui–Mao (Rabbit) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good

Jia–Chen (Dragon) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · joining a roof ridge · weddings · burial rites
Avoid
renovation · starting construction
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Si (Snake) · 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
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Bing–Wu (Horse) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · engagement arrangements
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

Ding–Wei (Goat) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
offerings of thanks · renovation · installing a stove
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious 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 · consecration · renovation · burial rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ji–You (Rooster) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · weddings
Avoid
bridge construction · traveling by boat
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good

Geng–Xu (Dog) · 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
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good

Xin–Hai (Pig) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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