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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 2024

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 829Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 7, 2024

Lunar 二〇二四年 · 九月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2024-09-22

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2024-10-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2024-10-08

    In 1 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    2024-10-23

    In 16 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸酉

九月初五

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessOpen a storehouseInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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