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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 2173

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Lunar month 826Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 20, 2173

Lunar 二一七三年 · 九月十四

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

    Fri

    2173-10-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2173-10-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2173-10-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2173-11-07

    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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬戌

九月十四

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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