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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.

Saturday
Today

Ding–Wei year · Goat

Ren–Yin month

Lunar month 1, day 8
Gui–Hai dayOcean Water

Good for

  • rituals and remembrance
  • cleansing and bathing
  • haircuts
  • installing a stove
  • making fishing nets
  • planting

Avoid

  • weddings
  • legal disputes
  • funeral observances
  • burial rites
  • animal care
  • cutting timber
  • preparing roof beams
  • opening for business
  • bringing in livestock
  • building animal pens

Clash and sha

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

Auspicious directions

Joy Southeast · Wealth South · Fortune Northeast

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Spring · Second pentad

Mansion and day officer

Girl · Earth · Bat · Gather Day Officer · Hook Array

Caution 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

4 traditional markers

Caution 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 ZiCautious · Avoid

Ren–Zi (Rat) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites · family planning prayers
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Late ZiAuspicious · Good

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
boat building · traveling by boat
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–Chou (Ox) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · welcoming someone into the household
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Si (Snake) · Hook Array · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · moving home · relocation · burial rites
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Xu (Dog) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · engagement arrangements
Avoid
bridge construction · traveling by boat · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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