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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 2205

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TODAY
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Lunar month 829Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter8Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 18, 2205

Lunar 二二〇五年 · 九月初六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2205-10-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2205-10-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2205-10-24

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    2205-11-08

    In 21 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙戌

九月初六

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersBreak groundRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Open for businessTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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