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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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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Lunar 二〇〇六年 · 八月廿一

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

    Sun

    2006-10-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2006-10-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2006-10-23

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2006-11-07

    In 26 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊戌

八月廿一

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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