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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 2010

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Lunar month 826Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Lunar 二〇一〇年 · 九月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2010-10-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2010-10-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2010-11-07

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    2010-11-22

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙戌

九月二十

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelCut garmentsComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersMarriageRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

Break groundTimber workBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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