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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 2143

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Lunar month 829Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 923Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent24Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 107Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter8Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 9, 2143

Lunar 二一四三年 · 九月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    2143-09-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2143-10-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2143-10-24

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    2143-11-08

    In 30 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初二

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyInstall doorsSet a bedMeridian therapyReceive wealthAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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