Chinese auspicious hour selection / 择时 / 时辰吉凶 / 黄道吉时 / lucky hours / best time o...
https://api.cn402.com/almanac/hoursOverview
Chinese auspicious hour selection / 择时 / 时辰吉凶 / 黄道吉时 / lucky hours / best time of day / 嫁娶吉时. Returns all 12 shichen (two-hour periods) of a date, each with its 宜 (favorable) / 忌 (taboo) activities and 黄道/黑道 quality. Optional activity param returns the best hours for that activity. Pairs with /almanac/select: which day, then which hour. For AI agents handling event timing, wedding/ceremony hour selection.
Protocol
x402
Price
$0.08
Payment Asset
USD Coin
Payment Network
Base
Category
uncategorized
Provider
cn402
Source
bazaar
Indexed
2026-05-28 08:26:09
Health
Status
healthy
Latency (p50)
442ms
Uptime (30d)
100.0%
Reliability Score
90/100
Last Checked
2026-05-31 00:35:36
Last Healthy
2026-05-31 00:35:36
Consecutive Failures
0
x402 Payment Validation
Payment Requirements
Valid
Asset Verified
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Input Schema
{
"discoverable": true,
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"activity": "Activity in Chinese e.g. 嫁娶/开市 (optional; returns best_hours)",
"date": "Date YYYY-MM-DD (optional, defaults to today)"
},
"type": "http"
}
Output Schema
{
"properties": {
"best_hours": {
"description": "Only when activity supplied",
"items": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"date": {
"type": "string"
},
"dayQuality": {
"type": "string"
},
"ganZhiDay": {
"type": "string"
},
"hours": {
"description": "Per shichen: range, gan-zhi, quality, yi, ji",
"items": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
}
},
"required": [
"date",
"hours"
],
"type": "object"
}
Recent Health Checks
| Time | Status | HTTP | Latency | Error |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 00:35:36 | healthy | 402 | 451ms | |
| 2026-05-30 22:59:56 | healthy | 402 | 440ms | |
| 2026-05-30 17:51:33 | healthy | 402 | 446ms | |
| 2026-05-30 12:29:34 | healthy | 402 | 431ms | |
| 2026-05-30 09:17:06 | healthy | 402 | 744ms | |
| 2026-05-30 04:26:58 | healthy | 402 | 436ms | |
| 2026-05-30 01:34:28 | healthy | 402 | 434ms | |
| 2026-05-29 22:54:19 | healthy | 402 | 447ms | |
| 2026-05-29 17:38:17 | healthy | 402 | 442ms | |
| 2026-05-29 13:47:57 | healthy | 402 | 419ms | |
| 2026-05-28 21:56:24 | healthy | 402 | 541ms |