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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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Sat
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

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 九月十三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2012-10-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2012-10-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2012-11-07

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    2012-11-22

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚戌

九月十三

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBreak groundSet a bedClean the homeFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

ConsecratePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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