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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 2196

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Lunar month 825Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew7Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent22Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 923Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 1, 2196

Lunar 二一九六年 · 八月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    2196-09-22

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2196-10-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Fri

    2196-10-07

    In 6 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2196-10-22

    In 21 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初十

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeSet a bedTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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