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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

October 2009

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 827Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 八月廿七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2009-10-08

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2009-10-15

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2009-10-23

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    2009-11-07

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

寒露 → 霜降

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲戌

八月廿七

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Visit friends and familyMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalWelcome a son-in-lawDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise pillars

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

TravelOffer prayersBurialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Favourable

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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