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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 2023

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 81Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter8Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 19, 2023

Lunar 二〇二三年 · 九月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    2023-10-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2023-10-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2023-10-24

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2023-11-08

    In 20 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初五

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelCut garmentsComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersMarriageRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

Break groundTimber workBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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