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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 2178

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Lunar month 827Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 10, 2178

Lunar 二一七八年 · 八月廿九

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

    Thu

    2178-10-08

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2178-10-10

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2178-10-23

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    2178-11-07

    In 28 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬戌

八月廿九

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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