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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 2001

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 830Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 21, 2001

Lunar 二〇〇一年 · 九月初五

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. Cold Dew

    Mon

    2001-10-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2001-10-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2001-10-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2001-11-07

    In 17 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初五

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriagePray for childrenFormal betrothalWelcome a household memberReceive wealthMake netsReceive livestockAnimal husbandryVisit friends and family

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamBuild a stoveTimber workTravelBurialInstall doorsHaircut

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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