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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

October 2008

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Lunar month 828Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1031Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 九月初四

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. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    2008-09-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2008-10-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    2008-10-08

    In 6 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2008-10-23

    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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛酉

九月初四

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

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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