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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 2158

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Lunar month 81Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 17, 2158

Lunar 二一五八年 · 八月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sun

    2158-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2158-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2158-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2158-11-07

    In 21 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬戌

八月廿六

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBathingRaise pillarsMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageDismantleMove into a home

Avoid

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

Build a stoveFuneral preparationBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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