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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 2169

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Lunar month 81Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 17, 2169

Lunar 二一六九年 · 八月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    2169-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2169-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2169-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2169-11-07

    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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲戌

八月廿七

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateOffer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseComing-of-age riteTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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