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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 2138

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Lunar month 828Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 21, 2138

Lunar 二一三八年 · 九月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    2138-10-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2138-10-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2138-10-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    2138-11-07

    In 17 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬戌

九月十八

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationMove a coffinPrepare a burial plotBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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