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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.

Sunday
Today

Ding–Wei year · Goat

Ren–Yin month

Lunar month 1, day 9
Jia–Zi dayGold in the Sea

Good for

  • weddings
  • rituals and remembrance
  • consecration
  • prayer and reflection
  • family planning prayers
  • travel
  • opening for business
  • transactions
  • signing agreements
  • starting construction
  • receiving funds
  • digging a well
  • meeting friends and family

Avoid

  • moving home
  • burial rites
  • cutting timber
  • preparing roof beams
  • bringing in livestock
  • building animal pens
  • installing a stove

Clash and sha

Clashes with Horse (Wu–Wu) · Sha: South

Auspicious directions

Joy Northeast · Wealth Northeast · Fortune North

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Spring · Third pentad

Mansion and day officer

Emptiness · Sun · Rat · Open Day Officer · Azure Dragon

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Chou hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Shen hour · You hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Ox, Monkey, Dragon · Clashing: Horse

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 7 · Metal · Position: West

Supportive markers

6 traditional markers

Caution markers

5 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) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
boat building · traveling by boat
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

Bing–Zi (Rat) · 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 · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Yi–Chou (Ox) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites · rituals and remembrance
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

Bing–Yin (Tiger) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites · taking up a post
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

Ding–Mao (Rabbit) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Si (Snake) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · transactions
Avoid
consecration · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · travel
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Geng–Wu (Horse) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Wei (Goat) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · burial rites · moving home
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Shen (Monkey) · Azure Dragon · 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
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–You (Rooster) · Bright Hall · auspicious 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
Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · legal disputes
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Hai (Pig) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · prayer and reflection
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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