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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 2019

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Lunar month 929Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Lunar 二〇一九年 · 九月初三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and deep study. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Mon

    2019-09-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2019-10-01

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2019-10-08

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2019-10-24

    In 23 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸酉

九月初三

Day cycle

辛未

路旁土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

Funeral preparationBurialOpen for businessTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙丑)牛 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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