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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 2183

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Lunar month 828Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 21, 2183

Lunar 二一八三年 · 九月初六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Wed

    2183-10-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2183-10-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2183-10-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    2183-11-07

    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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初六

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneRelocateTimber workSet a bedReceive livestock

Avoid

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

BurialTend a graveBuild a stoveBreak ground for burialBuild a templeBreak groundMarriageFormal betrothal

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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