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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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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

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Lunar 二〇二四年 · 九月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Frost Descent

    Wed

    2024-10-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2024-10-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    2024-11-07

    In 8 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    2024-11-22

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲戌

九月廿八

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateDig a wellHaircutTimber workTradeOpen for businessBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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