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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 2136

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Lunar month 930Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1031Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 4, 2136

Lunar 二一三六年 · 九月初九

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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2136-09-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2136-10-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Mon

    2136-10-08

    In 4 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2136-10-23

    In 19 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁酉

九月初九

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

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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