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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 2166

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Lunar month 928Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1024Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1025Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1031Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 13, 2166

Lunar 二一六六年 · 九月二十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Wed

    2166-10-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2166-10-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2166-10-23

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    2166-11-07

    In 25 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊戌

九月二十

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Favourable

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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