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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 2184

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TODAY
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Lunar month 826Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew7Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 28, 2184

Lunar 二一八四年 · 九月廿五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2184-10-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2184-10-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2184-11-07

    In 10 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    2184-11-21

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲戌

九月廿五

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyBathingHaircutCut garmentsComing-of-age riteSet a bedEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeTravelMarriageTend a graveOffer prayersBreak groundInstall doorsThanksgiving riteRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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