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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 2197

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Lunar month 81Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 98Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 5, 2197

Lunar 二一九七年 · 八月廿四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2197-09-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2197-10-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    2197-10-08

    In 3 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2197-10-23

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己酉

八月廿四

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravel

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeConstructionBreak groundVisit friends and familyBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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