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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 2231

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1031Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 14, 2231

Lunar 二二三一年 · 九月十八

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

    Sun

    2231-10-09

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2231-10-14

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2231-10-24

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2231-11-08

    In 25 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十八

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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