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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 2181

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TODAY
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Lunar month 830Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 10, 2181

Lunar 二一八一年 · 九月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    2181-10-08

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2181-10-10

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2181-10-23

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2181-11-07

    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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初三

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

CaptureMake netsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialTomb-opening riteErect a memorial

Avoid

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

MarriageMake an offeringMove into a homeBuild a houseRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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