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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 2048

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Lunar month 827Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew7Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 12, 2048

Lunar 二〇四八年 · 九月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. Cold Dew

    Wed

    2048-10-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2048-10-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2048-10-23

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    2048-11-07

    In 26 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初五

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationMove a coffinPrepare a burial plotBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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