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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 2000

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 91Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1031Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 5, 2000

Lunar 二〇〇〇年 · 九月初八

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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2000-09-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2000-10-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    2000-10-08

    In 3 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2000-10-23

    In 18 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙酉

九月初八

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteInstall machineryLift misfortuneReceive livestockAnimal husbandryBathingTimber workSet up a horse frameBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConsecrateOpen for businessMove into a homeBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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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