Good for
- weddings
- travel
- haircuts
- setting up a bed
- reinterment rites
- burial rites
- tomb maintenance
- opening for business
- transactions
- signing agreements
- receiving funds
- opening a pond
- animal care
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.
Bing–Wu year · Horse
Xin–Chou month
Lunar month 12, day 5Xin–Mao dayPine and Cypress Wood
Avoid
- digging a well
- prayer and reflection
- earth thanksgiving rites
- starting construction
- moving home
- raising roof beams
- renovation
- installing a stove
Clash and sha
Clashes with Rooster (Yi–You) · Sha: West
Auspicious directions
Joy Southwest · Wealth East · Fortune Northwest
Seasonal rhythm
Minor Cold · Second pentad
Mansion and day officer
Tail · Fire · Tiger · Full Day Officer · Heavenly Virtue
Auspicious dayFavorable periods
Zi hour · Yin hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · You hour
Zodiac outlook
Favorable: Dog, Pig, Goat · Clashing: Rooster
Nine Star 1 · Water · Position: North
10 traditional 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 ZiAuspicious · Good
Wu–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Late ZiCautious · Avoid
Geng–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
- Avoid
- raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ji–Chou (Ox) · Hook Array · 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
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good
Geng–Yin (Tiger) · 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 · taking up a post
- Avoid
- raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good
Xin–Mao (Rabbit) · Bright Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- renovation · moving home · burial rites · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · travel · engagement arrangements · weddings · rituals and remembrance
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ren–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path
- Avoid
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid
Gui–Si (Snake) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · roofing a building · relocation
- Avoid
- consecration · renovation · burial rites
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good
Jia–Wu (Horse) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites · taking up a post
- Avoid
- renovation · starting construction
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good
Yi–Wei (Goat) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path
- Avoid
- major undertakings
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid
Bing–Shen (Monkey) · White Tiger · cautious path
- Good for
- installing a stove · offerings of thanks · renovation · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good
Ding–You (Rooster) · Jade Hall · 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
Wu–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites · rituals and remembrance
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ji–Hai (Pig) · Black Tortoise · cautious path
- Good for
- renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · prayer and reflection · weddings · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT
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