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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 2206

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TODAY
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Lunar month 828Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew9Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 923Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent24Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 107Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter8Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 4, 2206

Lunar 二二〇六年 · 九月初二

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. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2206-09-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2206-10-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2206-10-09

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2206-10-24

    In 20 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁酉

九月初二

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringHaircutWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveMove a coffinComing-of-age riteVisit friends and family

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseDispatch goodsTimber workReceive livestockOpen for businessRaise a roof beamBuild a houseBreak ground for burialTomb-opening ritePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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