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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 2217

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Lunar month 828Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 6, 2217

Lunar 二二一七年 · 九月初五

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

    2217-09-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2217-10-06

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    2217-10-08

    In 2 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2217-10-24

    In 18 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己酉

九月初五

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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