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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.

Wednesday
Today

Ding–Wei year · Goat

Gui–Mao month

Lunar month 2, day 3
Wu–Zi dayThunderbolt Fire

Good for

  • haircuts
  • coming-of-age rites
  • weddings
  • welcoming someone into the household

Avoid

  • property acquisition
  • cutting timber
  • bringing in livestock
  • building animal pens
  • burial rites
  • burial ground work
  • preparing roof beams
  • installing a stove
  • preparing a burial site

Clash and sha

Clashes with Horse (Ren–Wu) · Sha: South

Auspicious directions

Joy Southeast · Wealth North · Fortune Northeast

Seasonal rhythm

Awakening of Insects · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Winnowing Basket · Water · Leopard · Gather Day Officer · Director of Destiny

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Chou hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Shen hour · You hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Ox, Monkey, Dragon · Clashing: Horse

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 4 · Wood · Position: Southeast

Supportive markers

3 traditional markers

Caution markers

6 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) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · rituals and remembrance · offerings of thanks
Avoid
taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

Jia–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · weddings · relocation · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
renovation · starting construction
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–Chou (Ox) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
renovation · burial rites · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Yin (Tiger) · 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 · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
renovation · starting construction
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

Yi–Mao (Rabbit) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · joining a roof ridge · weddings · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid

Bing–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ding–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 · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Wu–Wu (Horse) · Director of Destiny · 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
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ji–Wei (Goat) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for
meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Auspicious · Good

Geng–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 · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

Xin–You (Rooster) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
renovation · moving home · burial rites · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ren–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · burial rites
Avoid
boat building · traveling by boat · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Gui–Hai (Pig) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
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 · weddings
Avoid
consecration · renovation · burial rites
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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