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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 2016

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1031Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Lunar 二〇一六年 · 九月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Sun

    2016-10-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2016-10-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Mon

    2016-11-07

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    2016-11-22

    In 26 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊戌

九月廿七

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make vehicles and toolsMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementRelocate

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamConsecrateBuild a houseSet up a horse framePrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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