Good for
- rituals and remembrance
- cleansing and bathing
- repairing walls
- sealing openings
- pest control
- resolving outstanding matters
- other nonessential plans
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 23Ji–You dayPost-road Earth
Avoid
- building a shrine
- moving home
- renovation
- burial rites
- funeral observances
- weddings
Clash and sha
Clashes with Rabbit (Gui–Mao) · Sha: East
Auspicious directions
Joy Northeast · Wealth North · Fortune North
Seasonal rhythm
Major Cold · Third pentad
Mansion and day officer
Willow · Earth · Deer · Complete Day Officer · Hook Array
Caution dayFavorable periods
Zi hour · Yin hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · You hour
Zodiac outlook
Favorable: Dragon, Snake, Ox · Clashing: Rabbit
Nine Star 1 · Water · Position: North
8 traditional markers
4 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
Jia–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path
- Avoid
- taking up a post · legal disputes · renovation · starting construction
Late ZiCautious · Avoid
Bing–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path
- Good for
- engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · 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
Yi–Chou (Ox) · Hook Array · cautious path
- Avoid
- major undertakings
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good
Bing–Yin (Tiger) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good
Ding–Mao (Rabbit) · Bright Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid
Wu–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ji–Si (Snake) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path
- Good for
- renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · family planning prayers · weddings · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good
Geng–Wu (Horse) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path
- Good for
- 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 · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good
Xin–Wei (Goat) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path
- Good for
- meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ren–Shen (Monkey) · White Tiger · cautious path
- Good for
- taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · travel · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites · engagement arrangements · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance
- Avoid
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good
Gui–You (Rooster) · Jade Hall · 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 · family planning prayers
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid
Jia–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Prison · cautious 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
Cautious · Avoid
Yi–Hai (Pig) · Black Tortoise · cautious 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
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT
Your personal guidance for today
Your natal pattern and today’s stem-branch timing are read together to trace the day’s changing momentum, openings, and limits.
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