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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 2216

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Lunar month 829Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 17, 2216

Lunar 二二一六年 · 九月初六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2216-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2216-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Wed

    2216-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Thu

    2216-11-07

    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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初六

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateAcupunctureVisit friends and familyTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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