2028-01-05 · Chinese Almanac and Personal Daily Report

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.

January 5, 2028Wednesday

Today

Ding–Wei year · Goat

Ren–Zi month

Lunar month 12, day 9

Ji–Chou dayThunderbolt Fire

Good for

engagement arrangements
formal commitments
weddings
rituals and remembrance
prayer and reflection
installing an altar
moving a sacred flame
travel
meeting friends and family
textile preparation
seeking medical care
medical treatment
resolving outstanding matters
dismantling
laying foundations
renovation
starting construction
setting foundation stones
cleaning the home
planting
animal care
building animal pens

Avoid

Taoist observance
preparing roof beams
digging a well
funeral observances
burial rites

Clash and sha

Clashes with Goat (Gui–Wei) · Sha: East

Auspicious directions

Joy Northeast · Wealth North · Fortune North

Seasonal rhythm

Winter Solstice · Third pentad

Mansion and day officer

Chariot · Water · Earthworm · Remove Day Officer · Heavenly Virtue

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

Yin hour · Mao hour · Si hour · Shen hour · Xu hour · Hai hour · Zi hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Rat, Snake, Rooster · Clashing: Goat

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 8 · Earth · Position: Northeast

Supportive markers

7 traditional markers

Caution markers

2 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

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

Good for: taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · weddings · relocation · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid: renovation · starting construction

Late ZiAuspicious · Good

Bing–Zi (Rat) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel

Chou hour01:00–02:59

Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Chou (Ox) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for: renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · taking up a post · travel · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · engagement arrangements · weddings · welcoming someone into the household

Yin hour03:00–04:59

Auspicious · Good

Bing–Yin (Tiger) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for: joining a roof ridge · weddings · renovation · burial rites
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks

Mao hour05:00–06:59

Auspicious · Good

Ding–Mao (Rabbit) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for: family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid: taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration

Chen hour07:00–08:59

Cautious · Avoid

Wu–Chen (Dragon) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for: installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · travel · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites

Si hour09:00–10:59

Auspicious · Good

Ji–Si (Snake) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Avoid: major undertakings

Wu hour11:00–12:59

Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Wu (Horse) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites
Avoid: renovation · starting construction

Wei hour13:00–14:59

Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Wei (Goat) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for: prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · renovation · moving home · burial rites · rituals and remembrance

Shen hour15:00–16:59

Auspicious · Good

Ren–Shen (Monkey) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for: moving home · renovation · burial rites
Avoid: taking up a post · legal disputes · prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat

You hour17:00–18:59

Cautious · Avoid

Gui–You (Rooster) · Hook Array · 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

Xu hour19:00–20:59

Auspicious · Good

Jia–Xu (Dog) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for: engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites
Avoid: rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation · starting construction

Hai hour21:00–22:59

Auspicious · Good

Yi–Hai (Pig) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for: pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks
Avoid: taking up a post · travel

NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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