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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 2165

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Lunar month 829Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 20, 2165

Lunar 二一六五年 · 九月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    2165-10-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2165-10-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Wed

    2165-10-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Thu

    2165-11-07

    In 18 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙戌

九月十六

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementVisit friends and familyReceive livestockAnimal husbandryExchange family namesRelocate

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRaise a roof beamPurification riteMove the hearthThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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