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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

Friday, October 23, 2161

Lunar 二一六一年 · 九月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    2161-10-08

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2161-10-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sat

    2161-11-07

    In 15 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    2161-11-22

    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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初五

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOpen for businessConsecrateTravelMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Receive livestockTimber workAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialTend a graveErect a memorial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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