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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 2218

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TODAY
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Lunar month 827Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew9Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 923Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent24Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 22, 2218

Lunar 二二一八年 · 九月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Fri

    2218-10-09

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2218-10-22

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2218-10-24

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2218-11-08

    In 17 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初三

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationMove a coffinPrepare a burial plotBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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