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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

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TODAY
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Thu
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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

Friday, October 16, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 八月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2009-10-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2009-10-23

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    2009-11-07

    In 22 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

八月廿八

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateOffer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseComing-of-age riteTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Avoid

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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