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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.

Wednesday
Today

Ding–Wei year · Goat

Xin–Hai month

Lunar month 10, day 20
Geng–Zi dayWall Earth

Good for

  • engagement arrangements
  • formal commitments
  • weddings
  • rituals and remembrance
  • prayer and reflection
  • family planning prayers
  • consecration
  • travel
  • resolving outstanding matters
  • welcoming someone into the household
  • opening for business
  • signing agreements
  • installing a signboard
  • moving home
  • relocation
  • installing doors
  • planting
  • starting construction
  • seeking medical care
  • medical treatment
  • meeting friends and family
  • laying foundations
  • renovation
  • roofing a building
  • burial rites

Avoid

  • installing a stove
  • textile preparation
  • setting up a bed

Clash and sha

Clashes with Horse (Jia–Wu) · Sha: South

Auspicious directions

Joy Northwest · Wealth East · Fortune Southwest

Seasonal rhythm

Start of Winter · Third pentad

Mansion and day officer

Winnowing Basket · Water · Leopard · Remove Day Officer · White Tiger

Caution day

Favorable periods

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

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Ox, Monkey, Dragon · Clashing: Horse

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 6 · Metal · Position: Northwest

Supportive markers

7 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) · 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
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

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

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
offerings of thanks · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–Mao (Rabbit) · 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 · moving home · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Avoid
major undertakings
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · consecration · renovation · burial rites
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Wu (Horse) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · taking up a post
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · moving home · weddings · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Auspicious · Good

Jia–Shen (Monkey) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
renovation · starting construction
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

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

Good for
travel · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · relocation · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

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

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · burial rites
Avoid
boat building · traveling by boat · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Hai (Pig) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · engagement arrangements · weddings · welcoming someone into the household
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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