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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 2230

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 826Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 923Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent24Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 30, 2230

Lunar 二二三〇年 · 九月廿四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Frost Descent

    Sun

    2230-10-24

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2230-10-30

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Mon

    2230-11-08

    In 9 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    2230-11-23

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙戌

九月廿四

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationBreak 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.

Open for businessMove into a homeMake an offeringAcquire propertyMend wallsSeal openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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