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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

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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

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Lunar 二〇一五年 · 九月十三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2015-10-08

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2015-10-25

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2015-11-08

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    2015-11-22

    In 28 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙戌

九月十三

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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