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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 2003

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 928Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 98Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1025Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 12, 2003

Lunar 二〇〇三年 · 九月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    2003-10-09

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2003-10-12

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2003-10-24

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    2003-11-08

    In 27 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

壬戌

九月十七

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOpen for businessConsecrateTravelMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Receive livestockTimber workAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialTend a graveErect a memorial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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