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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

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 九月初九

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. Cold Dew

    Mon

    2018-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2018-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2018-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2018-11-07

    In 21 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初九

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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