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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 2015

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 827Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Lunar 二〇一五年 · 九月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2015-10-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2015-10-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2015-10-24

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2015-11-08

    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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙戌

九月初八

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyInstall doorsSet a bedMeridian therapyReceive wealthAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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