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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 19, 2116

Lunar 二一一六年 · 九月十四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2116-10-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2116-10-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2116-10-23

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    2116-11-07

    In 19 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十四

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOpen for businessConsecrateTravelMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Receive livestockTimber workAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialTend a graveErect a memorial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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