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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 2177

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Lunar month 828Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 21, 2177

Lunar 二一七七年 · 八月三十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    2177-10-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2177-10-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2177-10-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    2177-11-07

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚戌

八月三十

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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