Good for
- engagement arrangements
- meeting friends and family
- raising columns
- raising roof beams
- signing agreements
- coffining rites
- moving a coffin
- burial rites
- 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 23Wu–Yin dayCity-wall Earth
Avoid
- rituals and remembrance
- relocation
- moving home
- starting construction
- burial ground work
Clash and sha
Clashes with Monkey (Ren–Shen) · Sha: North
Auspicious directions
Joy Southeast · Wealth North · Fortune Northeast
Seasonal rhythm
Rain Water · Second pentad
Mansion and day officer
Star · Sun · Horse · Establish Day Officer · Heavenly Punishment
Caution dayFavorable periods
Zi hour · Chou hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Wei hour · Xu hour
Zodiac outlook
Favorable: Pig, Horse, Dog · Clashing: Monkey
Nine Star 3 · Wood · Position: East
5 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 ZiAuspicious · Good
Ren–Zi (Rat) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path
- Good for
- engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Late ZiAuspicious · Good
Jia–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · auspicious 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 · installing a stove
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good
Gui–Chou (Ox) · Bright Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid
Jia–Yin (Tiger) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements
- Avoid
- taking up a post · legal disputes
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid
Yi–Mao (Rabbit) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path
- Good for
- moving home · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good
Bing–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 · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron
- Avoid
- raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good
Ding–Si (Snake) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path
- Good for
- moving home · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings
- Avoid
- consecration · renovation · burial rites
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid
Wu–Wu (Horse) · White Tiger · cautious path
- Good for
- engagement arrangements · weddings · relocation · opening for business · renovation · moving home · burial rites
- Avoid
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good
Ji–Wei (Goat) · Jade Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid
Geng–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path
- Avoid
- major undertakings
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid
Xin–You (Rooster) · Black Tortoise · cautious path
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good
Ren–Xu (Dog) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path
- Good for
- installing a stove · offerings of thanks · renovation
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid
Gui–Hai (Pig) · Hook Array · cautious path
- Good for
- joining a roof ridge · weddings · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · renovation · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
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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