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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 2018

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Lunar month 830Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 1, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 八月廿二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Sun

    2018-09-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2018-10-01

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Mon

    2018-10-08

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2018-10-23

    In 22 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛酉

八月廿二

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyDismantleLay foundationsEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMove into a homeMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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