Good for
- engagement arrangements
- weddings
- rituals and remembrance
- prayer and reflection
- travel
- opening for business
- meeting friends and family
- starting construction
- burial ground work
- reinterment rites
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 21Bing–Zi dayRavine Water
Avoid
- relocation
- moving home
- moving a sacred flame
- installing doors
- burial rites
Clash and sha
Clashes with Horse (Geng–Wu) · Sha: South
Auspicious directions
Joy Southwest · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Northwest
Seasonal rhythm
Rain Water · Second pentad
Mansion and day officer
Ghost · Metal · Goat · Open Day Officer · Azure Dragon
Auspicious dayFavorable periods
Zi hour · Chou hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Shen hour · You hour
Zodiac outlook
Favorable: Ox, Monkey, Dragon · Clashing: Horse
Nine Star 1 · Water · Position: North
10 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
Wu–Zi (Rat) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path
- Good for
- taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · rituals and remembrance · offerings of thanks
- Avoid
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Late ZiCautious · Avoid
Geng–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious 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 · renovation · starting construction
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good
Ji–Chou (Ox) · Heavenly Virtue · 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
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid
Geng–Yin (Tiger) · White Tiger · cautious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · starting construction
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good
Xin–Mao (Rabbit) · 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
- taking up a post · travel
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ren–Chen (Dragon) · 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 · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid
Gui–Si (Snake) · Black Tortoise · 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 · starting construction · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good
Jia–Wu (Horse) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path
- Avoid
- major undertakings
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid
Yi–Wei (Goat) · Hook Array · cautious path
- Avoid
- renovation · starting construction · taking up a post · travel
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Auspicious · Good
Bing–Shen (Monkey) · 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
- raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good
Ding–You (Rooster) · Bright Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- renovation · moving home · burial rites · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · taking up a post
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid
Wu–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path
- Good for
- meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · travel · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ji–Hai (Pig) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · consecration · renovation · burial rites
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT
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