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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 2176

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Lunar month 829Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew7Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 21, 2176

Lunar 二一七六年 · 九月十九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    2176-10-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2176-10-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Wed

    2176-10-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Thu

    2176-11-07

    In 17 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十九

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneTimber workBuild roof beamsMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageDig a wellPlantingBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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