Good for
- rituals and remembrance
- cleansing and bathing
- resolving outstanding matters
- haircuts
- cleaning the home
- demolition
- demolishing walls
- 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.
Ding–Wei year · Goat
Ren–Yin month
Lunar month 1, day 17Ren–Shen daySword-edge Metal
Avoid
- weddings
- burial rites
Clash and sha
Clashes with Tiger (Bing–Yin) · Sha: South
Auspicious directions
Joy South · Wealth South · Fortune Southeast
Seasonal rhythm
Rain Water · First pentad
Mansion and day officer
Net · Moon · Crow · Break Day Officer · Heavenly Prison
Caution dayFavorable periods
Zi hour · Chou hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Wei hour · Xu hour
Zodiac outlook
Favorable: Snake, Rat, Dragon · Clashing: Tiger
Nine Star 6 · Metal · Position: Northwest
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
Geng–Zi (Rat) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
- Avoid
- renovation · starting construction
Late ZiAuspicious · Good
Ren–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path
- Good for
- pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites · family planning prayers · installing a stove
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good
Xin–Chou (Ox) · Bright Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · weddings · renovation · building a shrine · installing a stove · moving home · burial rites · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · travel
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ren–Yin (Tiger) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path
- Avoid
- major undertakings
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid
Gui–Mao (Rabbit) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path
- Good for
- offerings of thanks · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · burial rites
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good
Jia–Chen (Dragon) · 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 · rituals and remembrance · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good
Yi–Si (Snake) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites · rituals and remembrance
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid
Bing–Wu (Horse) · White Tiger · cautious 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
- Avoid
- raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good
Ding–Wei (Goat) · Jade Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- renovation · moving home · burial rites · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · taking up a post
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid
Wu–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path
- Good for
- weddings · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ji–You (Rooster) · Black Tortoise · cautious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good
Geng–Xu (Dog) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path
- Good for
- installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · renovation · starting construction
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid
Xin–Hai (Pig) · Hook Array · cautious path
- Good for
- pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · renovation
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT
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