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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 2012

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TODAY
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Lunar month 830Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 八月十九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2012-09-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2012-10-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Mon

    2012-10-08

    In 4 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2012-10-23

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己酉

八月十九

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringLift misfortuneTravelConstructionBreak groundOpen for businessRaise a roof beamSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a templeFuneral processionBurialTimber workBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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