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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.

Saturday
Today

Ding–Wei year · Goat

Yi–Si month

Lunar month 5, day 1
Yi–Mao dayGreat Stream Water

Good for

  • weddings
  • rituals and remembrance
  • prayer and reflection
  • family planning prayers
  • Taoist observance
  • formal commitments
  • engagement arrangements
  • resolving outstanding matters
  • travel
  • starting construction
  • burial ground work
  • learning a craft
  • acupuncture
  • haircuts
  • meeting friends and family
  • laying foundations
  • renovation
  • raising columns
  • setting foundation stones
  • setting up a bed
  • dismantling
  • bringing in livestock
  • animal care
  • water works
  • ending mourning observances
  • beginning mourning observances
  • tomb maintenance
  • erecting a memorial

Avoid

  • opening for business
  • moving home
  • visiting the sick
  • moving a sacred flame
  • roofing a building

Clash and sha

Clashes with Rooster (Ji–You) · Sha: West

Auspicious directions

Joy Northwest · Wealth Northeast · Fortune Southwest

Seasonal rhythm

Grain Buds · Third pentad

Mansion and day officer

Girl · Earth · Bat · Open Day Officer · Black Tortoise

Caution day

Favorable periods

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

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Dog, Pig, Goat · Clashing: Rooster

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 1 · Water · Position: North

Supportive markers

8 traditional markers

Caution 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 ZiAuspicious · Good

Bing–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · travel
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

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

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
taking up a post · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good

Wu–Yin (Tiger) · Azure Dragon · auspicious 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 · offerings of thanks · traveling by boat
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–Mao (Rabbit) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · renovation · roofing a building · relocation
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Si (Snake) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · weddings · renovation · roofing a building · building a shrine · installing a stove · moving home · burial rites · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Wu (Horse) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · engagement arrangements
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Shen (Monkey) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · consecration · renovation · burial rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Avoid
major undertakings
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

Bing–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 · renovation · relocation · travel · legal disputes
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Hai (Pig) · Black Tortoise · cautious 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 · rituals and remembrance
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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