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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 2011

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TODAY
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Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Lunar 二〇一一年 · 九月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. Cold Dew

    Sat

    2011-10-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2011-10-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2011-10-24

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2011-11-08

    In 19 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊戌

九月廿四

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessTravelLift misfortuneBreak groundLay foundationsAcquire property

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveTend a graveInstall doorsMove into a homeErect a memorialBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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