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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

October 2161

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Lunar month 827Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 7, 2161

Lunar 二一六一年 · 八月十九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    2161-09-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2161-10-07

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2161-10-08

    In 1 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2161-10-23

    In 16 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丁酉

八月十九

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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