Good for
- weddings
- rituals and remembrance
- coming-of-age rites
- repairing walls
- property acquisition
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 15Geng–Wu dayRoadside Earth
Avoid
- textile preparation
- visiting the sick
- roofing a building
- installing a stove
- starting construction
Clash and sha
Clashes with Rat (Jia–Zi) · Sha: North
Auspicious directions
Joy Northwest · Wealth East · Fortune Southwest
Seasonal rhythm
Rain Water · First pentad
Mansion and day officer
Traditional lunar mansion · Settle Day Officer · White Tiger
Caution dayFavorable periods
Zi hour · Chou hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Shen hour · You hour
Zodiac outlook
Favorable: Goat, Tiger, Dog · Clashing: Rat
Nine Star 4 · Wood · Position: Southeast
7 traditional markers
3 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
Bing–Zi (Rat) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path
- Avoid
- major undertakings
Late ZiCautious · Avoid
Wu–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path
- Good for
- weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good
Ding–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
Wu–Yin (Tiger) · White Tiger · cautious 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
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good
Ji–Mao (Rabbit) · Jade Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · moving home · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid
Geng–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path
- Good for
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid
Xin–Si (Snake) · Black Tortoise · cautious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites · prayer and reflection
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good
Ren–Wu (Horse) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path
- Good for
- offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites · installing a stove
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid
Gui–Wei (Goat) · Hook Array · cautious 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
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Auspicious · Good
Jia–Shen (Monkey) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path
- Good for
- taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · prayer and reflection
- Avoid
- consecration · renovation · burial rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good
Yi–You (Rooster) · Bright Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid
Bing–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious 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
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ding–Hai (Pig) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path
- Good for
- renovation · moving home · burial rites · meeting a senior or patron · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
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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