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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 2209

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 91Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 23, 2209

Lunar 二二〇九年 · 九月廿四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Sun

    2209-10-08

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2209-10-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2209-10-24

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2209-11-08

    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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲戌

九月廿四

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyInstall doorsSet a bedMeridian therapyReceive wealthAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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