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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 2021

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Lunar month 826Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 九月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Fri

    2021-10-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2021-10-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2021-10-23

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2021-11-07

    In 25 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初八

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateOffer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseComing-of-age riteTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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