Good for
- coming-of-age rites
- rituals and remembrance
- cleansing and bathing
- installing a stove
- haircuts
- personal grooming
- cleaning the home
- repairing walls
- sealing openings
- coffining rites
- burial ground work
- reinterment rites
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
Geng–Xu month
Lunar month 10, day 5Yi–You daySpring Water
Avoid
- consecration
- weddings
- meeting friends and family
- planting
- acupuncture
- burial rites
Clash and sha
Clashes with Rabbit (Ji–Mao) · Sha: East
Auspicious directions
Joy Northwest · Wealth Northeast · Fortune Southwest
Seasonal rhythm
Frost's Descent · Third pentad
Mansion and day officer
Turtle Beak · Fire · Monkey · Close Day Officer · Heavenly Virtue
Auspicious dayFavorable periods
Zi hour · Yin hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · You hour
Zodiac outlook
Favorable: Dragon, Snake, Ox · Clashing: Rabbit
Nine Star 3 · Wood · Position: East
4 traditional markers
5 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
- travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites · family planning prayers
- Avoid
- taking up a post · legal disputes · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Late ZiCautious · Avoid
Wu–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Prison · cautious 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
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ding–Chou (Ox) · Hook Array · cautious path
- Avoid
- major undertakings
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good
Wu–Yin (Tiger) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good
Ji–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 · rituals and remembrance
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid
Geng–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious 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
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid
Xin–Si (Snake) · Vermilion Bird · cautious 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
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good
Ren–Wu (Horse) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path
- Good for
- engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
- Avoid
- prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · rituals and remembrance
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good
Gui–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
- taking up a post · travel
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid
Jia–Shen (Monkey) · White Tiger · cautious path
- Good for
- installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
- Avoid
- renovation · starting construction
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good
Yi–You (Rooster) · Jade Hall · auspicious path
- Avoid
- taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid
Bing–Xu (Dog) · 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
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid
Ding–Hai (Pig) · Black Tortoise · cautious path
- Good for
- family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove
- Avoid
- rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT
Your personal guidance for today
Your natal pattern and today’s stem-branch timing are read together to trace the day’s changing momentum, openings, and limits.
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