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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 2104

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Lunar month 828Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 6, 2104

Lunar 二一〇四年 · 八月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    2104-09-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2104-10-06

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    2104-10-08

    In 2 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2104-10-23

    In 17 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸酉

八月十八

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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