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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 2108

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TODAY
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Lunar month 830Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 20, 2108

Lunar 二一〇八年 · 九月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Mon

    2108-10-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2108-10-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2108-10-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2108-11-07

    In 18 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

九月十六

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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