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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 2004

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 826Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Lunar 二〇〇四年 · 九月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Cold Dew

    Fri

    2004-10-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2004-10-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2004-10-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2004-11-07

    In 18 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲戌

九月初七

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateTravelMarriageSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak ground

Avoid

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

Install doorsSet a bedCut garmentsMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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