Getting the timing right

> It is not just choosing a good date for an event but also a good time to do it to ensure its success

1pm) is considered the Day Breaker hour, the most inauspicious hour of the day, and should be avoided for all activities.

Let’s take another example. Let’s say that the Branch of the day is Si. Since Si clashes with Xu, the Xu hour (between 7pm and 9pm) is the Day Breaker hour, and should be avoided.

In addition to the Day Breaker hour, there is the Punishment Harm hour, which follows similar principles as the Day Breaker hour, but which fortunately, is not as serious.

There are other inauspicious hours, but most are salvageable, meaning that you can still carry out activities if you take precautions.

As for the auspicious hours, there are a number of of them, but the more popular ones include the Nobleman hours and the Wealth hours. ( See diagram left.)

The Nobleman hours are highly auspicious. They generate positive results and are strong enough to neutralise negative influences.

The Yang hours are good for external matters, while the Yin hours are good for domestic matters.

The Wealth hours, meanwhile, are good for wealth-seeking activities.

They are also good for making plans, seeking a position, moving house, marriage, signing agreements, and for construction work.

Then, there is the Horse hour, which is good for starting a journey or a business, or for seeking a position or recognition.

I would also like to highlight two more auspicious hours. They are the Heavenly Officer hours and the Fortunate hours.

The Heavenly Officer hours are especially good for matters that require discipline, such as worship, starting a new business, business transactions, signing agreements, travelling, taking up a new position, and so on.

The Fortunate Hour, on the other hand, is good for worship, opening a business, conducting business transactions, having a house warming, moving house, marriage, funerals, burials, and travel.

Other noteworthy hours include the Establish hour, Six Combo hour, and Three Harmonies hour.

Here’s a story about a real life-moving house experience.

A client called and said that the auspicious hour that I gave to him – between 9am and 11am – was too short to move all his stuff into the house.

That is when I realised that I did not make myself clear to him.

The auspicious time is the time you should start moving things into the house, not the time to start and complete the move.

Once you have started moving stuff into the house at the auspicious time, you can continue doing so for the rest of the day, or even the next day, the next week or longer.

Henry Fong is an electronic engineer by qualification and he approaches feng shui with the same analytical and investigative approach he uses in his training. Readers can write to him at lifestyle.henryfong@ thesundaily.com.