Good for
- rituals and remembrance
- cleansing and bathing
- resolving outstanding matters
- demolition
- demolishing walls
- other nonessential plans
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 15Ji–Hai dayPlain Wood
Avoid
- consecration
- burial rites
Clash and sha
Clashes with Snake (Gui–Si) · Sha: West
Auspicious directions
Joy Northeast · Wealth North · Fortune North
Seasonal rhythm
Start of Summer · Third pentad
Mansion and day officer
Well · Wood · Wild Dog · Break Day Officer · Heavenly Virtue
Auspicious dayFavorable periods
Chou hour · Chen hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · Xu hour · Hai hour · Zi hour
Zodiac outlook
Favorable: Tiger, Rabbit, Goat · Clashing: Snake
Nine Star 3 · Wood · Position: East
7 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
Jia–Zi (Rat) · White Tiger · cautious path
- Good for
- installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
- Avoid
- renovation · starting construction
Late ZiAuspicious · Good
Bing–Zi (Rat) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path
- Good for
- meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · burial rites · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements
- Avoid
- taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good
Yi–Chou (Ox) · 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 · rituals and remembrance
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · renovation
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid
Bing–Yin (Tiger) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path
- Good for
- engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ding–Mao (Rabbit) · Black Tortoise · cautious path
- Avoid
- major undertakings
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good
Wu–Chen (Dragon) · 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 · rituals and remembrance
- Avoid
- taking up a post · legal disputes
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ji–Si (Snake) · Hook Array · cautious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good
Geng–Wu (Horse) · 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
- Avoid
- raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good
Xin–Wei (Goat) · Bright Hall · auspicious path
- Good for
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites · rituals and remembrance
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ren–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path
- Avoid
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat · rituals and remembrance
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid
Gui–You (Rooster) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path
- Good for
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites · family planning prayers
- Avoid
- bridge construction · traveling by boat
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good
Jia–Xu (Dog) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path
- Good for
- meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · burial rites
- Avoid
- taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good
Yi–Hai (Pig) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path
- Good for
- pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT
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