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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 2186

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 81Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 23, 2186

Lunar 二一八六年 · 九月十一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Sun

    2186-10-08

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2186-10-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2186-11-07

    In 15 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    2186-11-22

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 霜降

Year cycle

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十一

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyInstall doorsSet a bedMeridian therapyReceive wealthAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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