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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 2013

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Lunar month 829Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Lunar 二〇一三年 · 八月廿九

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

    Mon

    2013-09-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2013-10-03

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2013-10-08

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    2013-10-23

    In 20 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛酉

八月廿九

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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