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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 2006

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 81Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 98Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 2, 2006

Lunar 二〇〇六年 · 八月十一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2006-09-23

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2006-10-02

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    2006-10-08

    In 6 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2006-10-23

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁酉

八月十一

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersRepair wallsLevel roadsFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeRaise a roof beamInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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