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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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Thu
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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

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Lunar 二〇一一年 · 十月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    2011-10-24

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2011-10-30

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2011-11-08

    In 9 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    2011-11-23

    In 24 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊戌

十月初四

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOpen for businessConsecrateTravelMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Receive livestockTimber workAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialTend a graveErect a memorial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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