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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 2005

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 17, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 九月十五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Cold Dew

    Sat

    2005-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2005-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sun

    2005-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Mon

    2005-11-07

    In 21 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙戌

九月十五

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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