Good for
- weddings
- transactions
- signing agreements
- building a latrine
- repairing walls
- sealing openings
- hunting
- fishing
- preparing a burial site
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
Yi–Si month
Lunar month 4, day 8Ren–Chen dayLong-flowing Water
Avoid
- setting up a bed
- opening a water channel
- raising roof beams
- renovation
- opening for business
- consecration
- moving home
- relocation
Clash and sha
Clashes with Dog (Bing–Xu) · Sha: South
Auspicious directions
Joy South · Wealth South · Fortune Southeast
Seasonal rhythm
Start of Summer · Second pentad
Mansion and day officer
Legs · Wood · Wolf · Close Day Officer · Director of Destiny
Auspicious dayFavorable periods
Yin hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Shen hour · You hour · Hai hour
Zodiac outlook
Favorable: Rooster, Monkey, Rat · Clashing: Dog
Nine Star 5 · Earth · Position: Centre Palace
4 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 ZiCautious · Avoid
Geng–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
- Avoid
- raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Late ZiCautious · Avoid
Ren–Zi (Rat) · White Tiger · cautious path
- Good for
- installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions
- Avoid
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · taking up a post · travel
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid
Xin–Chou (Ox) · Black Tortoise · cautious path
- Good for
- travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · burial rites
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good
Ren–Yin (Tiger) · Director of Destiny · auspicious 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 · traveling by boat
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid
Gui–Mao (Rabbit) · Hook Array · cautious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · moving home · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · burial rites
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good
Jia–Chen (Dragon) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · travel · engagement arrangements · weddings · relocation · opening for business · burial rites · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
- Avoid
- renovation · starting construction
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good
Yi–Si (Snake) · Bright Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · installing a stove · family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid
Bing–Wu (Horse) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ding–Wei (Goat) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path
- Good for
- renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · offerings of thanks · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Auspicious · Good
Wu–Shen (Monkey) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path
- Avoid
- major undertakings
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good
Ji–You (Rooster) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious 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
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid
Geng–Xu (Dog) · 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
- raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good
Xin–Hai (Pig) · Jade Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · moving home · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · renovation
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT
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