Good for
- cleansing and bathing
- opening storage
- shipping goods
- opening for business
- transactions
- signing agreements
- receiving funds
- planting
- bringing in livestock
- animal care
- hunting
- coffining rites
- burial ground work
- burial rites
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 22Wu–Shen dayPost-road Earth
Avoid
- prayer and reflection
- weddings
- setting up a bed
- moving home
- boat building
Clash and sha
Clashes with Tiger (Ren–Yin) · Sha: South
Auspicious directions
Joy Southeast · Wealth North · Fortune Northeast
Seasonal rhythm
Major Cold · Second pentad
Mansion and day officer
Ghost · Metal · Goat · Caution Day Officer · Director of Destiny
Auspicious dayFavorable periods
Zi hour · Chou hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Wei hour · Xu hour
Zodiac outlook
Favorable: Snake, Rat, Dragon · Clashing: Tiger
Nine Star 9 · Fire · Position: South
6 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
Ren–Zi (Rat) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path
- Avoid
- major undertakings
Late ZiAuspicious · Good
Jia–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path
- Avoid
- taking up a post · legal disputes · renovation · starting construction
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good
Gui–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
Jia–Yin (Tiger) · 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
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid
Yi–Mao (Rabbit) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path
- Good for
- renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good
Bing–Chen (Dragon) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · burial rites · moving home · renovation
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good
Ding–Si (Snake) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path
- Good for
- taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid
Wu–Wu (Horse) · White Tiger · cautious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · prayer and reflection · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance
- Avoid
- bridge construction · traveling by boat
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good
Ji–Wei (Goat) · Jade Hall · auspicious 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 · renovation
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid
Geng–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Prison · 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
- Avoid
- raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid
Xin–You (Rooster) · Black Tortoise · 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
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good
Ren–Xu (Dog) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path
- Good for
- engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron
- Avoid
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid
Gui–Hai (Pig) · Hook Array · cautious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron
- Avoid
- consecration · renovation · burial rites
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT
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