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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 2010

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Lunar month 826Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Lunar 二〇一〇年 · 九月十二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Fri

    2010-10-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2010-10-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2010-10-23

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2010-11-07

    In 19 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙戌

九月十二

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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