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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.

Monday
Today

Ding–Wei year · Goat

Ji–You month

Lunar month 9, day 5
Bing–Chen dayEarth in Sand

Good for

  • formal commitments
  • engagement arrangements
  • rituals and remembrance
  • prayer and reflection
  • installing an altar
  • moving a sacred flame
  • renovation
  • starting construction
  • raising roof beams
  • installing doors
  • laying foundations
  • raising columns
  • setting foundation stones
  • opening a pond
  • relocation
  • moving home
  • signing agreements
  • burial ground work

Avoid

  • weddings
  • building a shrine
  • bridge construction
  • boat building
  • installing a stove
  • burial rites

Clash and sha

Clashes with Dog (Geng–Xu) · Sha: South

Auspicious directions

Joy Southwest · Wealth Southwest · Fortune Northwest

Seasonal rhythm

Autumn Equinox · Third pentad

Mansion and day officer

Net · Moon · Crow · Caution Day Officer · Heavenly Punishment

Caution day

Favorable periods

Yin hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Shen hour · You hour · Hai hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Rooster, Monkey, Rat · Clashing: Dog

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 5 · Earth · Position: Centre Palace

Supportive markers

3 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 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
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

Geng–Zi (Rat) · White Tiger · cautious path

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

Ji–Chou (Ox) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

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

Geng–Yin (Tiger) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · taking up a post · travel
Avoid
renovation · starting construction
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Mao (Rabbit) · Hook Array · cautious path

Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · taking up a post · travel
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Chen (Dragon) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites
Avoid
bridge construction · traveling by boat · taking up a post · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–Si (Snake) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · 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
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Wu (Horse) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · prayer and reflection · travel · pursuing income
Avoid
taking up a post · legal disputes
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Wei (Goat) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

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

Bing–Shen (Monkey) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

Ding–You (Rooster) · Heavenly Virtue · 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 · renovation · moving home · burial rites
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Xu (Dog) · White Tiger · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–Hai (Pig) · Jade Hall · auspicious 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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