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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 2040

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Lunar month 830Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 27, 2040

Lunar 二〇四〇年 · 九月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2040-10-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2040-10-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2040-11-07

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    2040-11-22

    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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙戌

九月廿二

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutComing-of-age riteSet a bedOpen for businessExecute an agreementVisit friends and familyTradeReceive wealthMake nets

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeTravelOffer prayersMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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