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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 2002

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 829Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 9, 2002

Lunar 二〇〇二年 · 九月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Mon

    2002-09-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2002-10-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Wed

    2002-10-23

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Thu

    2002-11-07

    In 29 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚戌

九月初四

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelCut garmentsComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersMarriageRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

Break groundTimber workBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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