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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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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

Saturday, October 27, 2001

Lunar 二〇〇一年 · 九月十一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Tue

    2001-10-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2001-10-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2001-11-07

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    2001-11-22

    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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十一

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneHaircutTimber workMove the hearthDismantleRaise a roof beamJoin roof ridges

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialFuneral processionLitigationBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveBreak ground for burialBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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