2027-01-17 · 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.

January 17, 2027Sunday

Today

Bing–Wu year · Horse

Xin–Chou month

Lunar month 12, day 10

Bing–Shen dayFire Below the Mountain

Good for

weddings
engagement arrangements
formal commitments
consecration
installing an altar
moving a sacred flame
receiving funds
opening for business
transactions
signing agreements
cutting garments
roofing a building
laying foundations
renovation
starting construction
installing doors
relocation
moving home
planting
animal care
hunting
digging a well
opening a pond
burial rites
burial ground work
coffining rites
ending mourning observances
beginning mourning observances
erecting a memorial

Avoid

prayer and reflection
building a shrine
rituals and remembrance
setting up a bed
earth thanksgiving rites

Clash and sha

Clashes with Tiger (Geng–Yin) · Sha: South

Auspicious directions

Joy Southwest · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Northwest

Seasonal rhythm

Minor Cold · Third pentad

Mansion and day officer

Emptiness · Sun · Rat · Caution Day Officer · Director of Destiny

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Chou hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Wei hour · Xu hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Snake, Rat, Dragon · Clashing: Tiger

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 6 · Metal · Position: Northwest

Supportive markers

7 traditional markers

Caution 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) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Avoid: major undertakings

Late ZiAuspicious · Good

Geng–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · auspicious 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
Avoid: raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · legal disputes

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Auspicious · Good

Ji–Chou (Ox) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · installing a stove

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Cautious · Avoid

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

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Mao (Rabbit) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for: family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · engagement arrangements

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Auspicious · Good

Ren–Chen (Dragon) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for: rituals and remembrance · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat

Si hour09:00–10:59

Auspicious · Good

Gui–Si (Snake) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · relocation · moving home · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · consecration

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Wu (Horse) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for: prayer and reflection · weddings · building a shrine · installing a stove · moving home · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Auspicious · Good

Yi–Wei (Goat) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Cautious · Avoid

Bing–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · 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

Cautious · Avoid

Ding–You (Rooster) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

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

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Auspicious · Good

Wu–Xu (Dog) · 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 · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid: taking up a post · legal disputes

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Hai (Pig) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for: family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · travel · pursuing income

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