How is the hexagram of the day chosen?

The choice depends only on today's date, in the Rome time zone: a fixed calculation turns the date into a number from 1 to 64. Same date, same hexagram for everyone.

At midnight in the Europe/Rome timezone. It is not a coin cast at visit time.

Are there moving lines?

Not in the daily version: it is a static hexagram for orientation. For moving lines and the transformed figure, use the interactive I Ching oracle.

Is the text original?

Yes. Interpretations are original prose by the Aurapure team, not a literal translation of a specific classical edition.

Hexagram of the day

Today (2026-10-31, Europe/Rome) the hexagram of the day is 36 · Darkening of the Light. The same hexagram for everyone until midnight.

Quick answer

Today (31 October 2026, Rome time) the hexagram of the day is 36 · Darkening of the Light. Selection is deterministic: the same hexagram for everyone until midnight. For a consultation with a question and moving lines, use the full oracle.

31 October 2026

離

坤

Hexagram 36

Darkening of the Light

明夷 · Míng Yí

Trigrams: Fire / Earth

Today's essence

A climate hostile to truth. Do not play the visible hero. Protect what you know, help in an undertone, remain whole. The time to shine will return.

Judgement

Darkening of the Light is the sun under the earth. Hide the clarity in order to survive. Do not extinguish the light: cover it.

Image

Light enters the earth. The wise person watches over the multitude, veiling the splendor yet remaining luminous.

Selection is deterministic (it depends only on the date). Interpretations are original prose by the Aurapure team.

Consult with three coins Full hexagram profile

Chinese print from 1701: the 64 hexagrams set in a circle around a square of hexagrams, each named in Chinese characters — The 64 hexagrams Bouvet sent to Leibniz
Diagram of the 64 hexagrams in Shao Yong's order, sent by Joachim Bouvet to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1701.
Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Frequently asked questions

How is the hexagram of the day chosen?: The choice depends only on today's date, in the Rome time zone: a fixed calculation turns the date into a number from 1 to 64. Same date, same hexagram for everyone.
When does it change?: At midnight in the Europe/Rome timezone. It is not a coin cast at visit time.
Are there moving lines?: Not in the daily version: it is a static hexagram for orientation. For moving lines and the transformed figure, use the interactive I Ching oracle.
Is the text original?: Yes. Interpretations are original prose by the Aurapure team, not a literal translation of a specific classical edition.