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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 2042

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Lunar month 828Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 9, 2042

Lunar 二〇四二年 · 八月廿六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    2042-09-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2042-10-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2042-10-23

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    2042-11-07

    In 29 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚戌

八月廿六

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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