DestiniDaily Insight

Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

October 2017

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Lunar month 81Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 27, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 九月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    2017-10-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2017-10-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2017-11-07

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    2017-11-22

    In 26 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚戌

九月初八

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelMake vehicles and toolsBuild animal sheltersLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteCut garmentsBuild roof beamsCarvingVisit friends and familyRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Favourable

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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