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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

Select a date to view its almanac.

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

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 九月十六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Cold Dew

    Sat

    2005-10-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2005-10-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sun

    2005-10-23

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Mon

    2005-11-07

    In 20 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

九月十六

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneTimber workBuild roof beamsMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageDig a wellPlantingBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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