Good for
- meeting friends and family
- coming-of-age rites
- setting up a bed
- installing machinery
- rituals and remembrance
- prayer and reflection
- family planning prayers
- textile preparation
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.
Ding–Wei year · Goat
Ren–Yin month
Lunar month 1, day 13Wu–Chen dayGreat Forest Wood
Avoid
- weddings
- opening for business
- starting construction
- installing a stove
- burial rites
Clash and sha
Clashes with Dog (Ren–Xu) · Sha: South
Auspicious directions
Joy Southeast · Wealth North · Fortune Northeast
Seasonal rhythm
Start of Spring · Third pentad
Mansion and day officer
Legs · Wood · Wolf · Full Day Officer · Golden Coffer
Auspicious dayFavorable periods
Yin hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Shen hour · You hour · Hai hour
Zodiac outlook
Favorable: Rooster, Monkey, Rat · Clashing: Dog
Nine Star 2 · Earth · Position: Southwest
7 traditional 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 ZiCautious · Avoid
Ren–Zi (Rat) · 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 · consecration
Late ZiCautious · Avoid
Jia–Zi (Rat) · White Tiger · 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
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid
Gui–Chou (Ox) · Black Tortoise · cautious path
- Good for
- offerings of thanks · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good
Jia–Yin (Tiger) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · meeting a senior or patron
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid
Yi–Mao (Rabbit) · Hook Array · cautious path
- Good for
- pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good
Bing–Chen (Dragon) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
- Avoid
- raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · travel
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good
Ding–Si (Snake) · Bright Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed
- Avoid
- consecration · renovation · burial rites
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid
Wu–Wu (Horse) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path
- Good for
- renovation · burial rites · travel · pursuing income · weddings
- Avoid
- taking up a post · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ji–Wei (Goat) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · moving home · weddings · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Auspicious · Good
Geng–Shen (Monkey) · Golden Coffer · auspicious 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 · meeting a senior or patron
- Avoid
- renovation · starting construction
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good
Xin–You (Rooster) · Heavenly Virtue · 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
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ren–Xu (Dog) · White Tiger · cautious path
- Avoid
- major undertakings
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good
Gui–Hai (Pig) · 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 · pursuing income · engagement arrangements · weddings · welcoming someone into the household
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT
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