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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 2199

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 829Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 9, 2199

Lunar 二一九九年 · 八月二十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    2199-09-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2199-10-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Wed

    2199-10-23

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Thu

    2199-11-07

    In 29 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲戌

八月二十

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneHaircutTimber workMove the hearthDismantleRaise a roof beamJoin roof ridges

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialFuneral processionLitigationBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveBreak ground for burialBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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