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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 2116

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Lunar month 827Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 5, 2116

Lunar 二一一六年 · 八月廿九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Wed

    2116-09-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2116-10-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2116-10-08

    In 3 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2116-10-23

    In 18 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿九

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessOpen a storehouseInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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