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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.

Thursday
Today

Ding–Wei year · Goat

Xin–Hai month

Lunar month 10, day 14
Jia–Wu dayMetal in Sand

Good for

  • engagement arrangements
  • formal commitments
  • weddings
  • rituals and remembrance
  • prayer and reflection
  • carving
  • relocation
  • opening for business
  • moving home
  • travel
  • starting construction
  • meeting friends and family
  • starting study
  • renovation
  • laying foundations
  • installing doors
  • setting up a bed
  • building a shrine
  • resolving outstanding matters
  • receiving funds
  • opening a pond
  • building animal pens
  • animal care

Avoid

  • raising roof beams
  • opening storage
  • shipping goods
  • roofing a building
  • boat building

Clash and sha

Clashes with Rat (Wu–Zi) · Sha: North

Auspicious directions

Joy Northeast · Wealth Northeast · Fortune North

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Winter · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Horn · Wood · Flood Dragon · Caution Day Officer · Azure Dragon

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Chou hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Shen hour · You hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Goat, Tiger, Dog · Clashing: Rat

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 3 · Wood · Position: East

Supportive markers

5 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

Jia–Zi (Rat) · 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
renovation · starting construction · taking up a post
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

Bing–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Yi–Chou (Ox) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

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

Bing–Yin (Tiger) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · moving home · relocation · burial rites
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

Ding–Mao (Rabbit) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

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

Ji–Si (Snake) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · travel · moving home · weddings · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Geng–Wu (Horse) · 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 · taking up a post
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Wei (Goat) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for
renovation · moving home · burial rites · prayer and reflection · weddings
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Shen (Monkey) · Azure Dragon · 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
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

Gui–You (Rooster) · 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
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Hai (Pig) · Vermilion Bird · cautious 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 · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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