2027-05-18 · Chinese Almanac and Personal Daily Report

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.

May 18, 2027Tuesday

Today

Ding–Wei year · Goat

Yi–Si month

Lunar month 4, day 13

Ding–You dayFire Below the Mountain

Good for

opening for business
transactions
signing agreements
installing a signboard
rituals and remembrance
prayer and reflection
Taoist observance
travel
roofing a building
laying foundations
renovation
starting construction
setting foundation stones
setting up a bed
installing machinery
burial rites
burial ground work
reinterment rites
ending mourning observances
beginning mourning observances
erecting a memorial

Avoid

installing a stove
weddings
relocation
moving home
haircuts

Clash and sha

Clashes with Rabbit (Xin–Mao) · Sha: East

Auspicious directions

Joy South · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Southeast

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Summer · Third pentad

Mansion and day officer

Turtle Beak · Fire · Monkey · Settle Day Officer · Vermilion Bird

Caution day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Yin hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · You hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Dragon, Snake, Ox · Clashing: Rabbit

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 1 · Water · Position: North

Supportive markers

7 traditional markers

Caution 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

Geng–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
Avoid: raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · legal disputes

Late ZiCautious · Avoid

Ren–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · taking up a post
Avoid: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Chou (Ox) · Hook Array · cautious path

Avoid: major undertakings

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Auspicious · Good

Ren–Yin (Tiger) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for: weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · engagement arrangements
Avoid: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Auspicious · Good

Gui–Mao (Rabbit) · Bright Hall · 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

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Avoid: renovation · starting construction

Si hour09:00–10:59

Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Si (Snake) · Vermilion Bird · cautious 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 · weddings
Avoid: taking up a post · travel

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Auspicious · Good

Bing–Wu (Horse) · Golden Coffer · auspicious 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

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Auspicious · Good

Ding–Wei (Goat) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for: meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid: boat building · traveling by boat · taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Shen (Monkey) · White Tiger · 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

You hour17:00–18:59

Auspicious · Good

Ji–You (Rooster) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid: raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · travel

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Hai (Pig) · Black Tortoise · cautious 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 · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove

NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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