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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 2157

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 23, 2157

Lunar 二一五七年 · 九月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    2157-10-08

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2157-10-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Mon

    2157-11-07

    In 15 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    2157-11-22

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 霜降

Year cycle

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚戌

九月廿一

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringInstall machineryFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Break groundRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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