DestiniDaily Insight

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

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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 8, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 八月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2018-10-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2018-10-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2018-11-07

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 寒露

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬戌

八月廿九

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageCut garmentsComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedMake an offeringTravelSet a bedRelocateSeal openingsFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

Open for businessPlantingAcquire propertyLitigationInstall doorsDig a wellConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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.

BACK TO HOME