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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 2007

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Thu
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Lunar month 830Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew9Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter8Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 5, 2007

Lunar 二〇〇七年 · 八月廿五

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. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2007-09-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2007-10-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2007-10-09

    In 4 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    2007-10-24

    In 19 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己酉

八月廿五

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageInstall machineryDismantleBreak groundLay foundationsRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedConsecrateOpen for businessTrade

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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