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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 2208

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TODAY
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Lunar month 825Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 22, 2208

Lunar 二二〇八年 · 九月十二

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. Cold Dew

    Sat

    2208-10-08

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2208-10-22

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sun

    2208-10-23

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Mon

    2208-11-07

    In 16 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬戌

九月十二

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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