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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

Tuesday, October 28, 2104

Lunar 二一〇四年 · 九月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Thu

    2104-10-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2104-10-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Fri

    2104-11-07

    In 10 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    2104-11-22

    In 25 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲戌

九月初十

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyBathingHaircutCut garmentsComing-of-age riteSet a bedEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeTravelMarriageTend a graveOffer prayersBreak groundInstall doorsThanksgiving riteRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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