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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 2025

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Lunar month 828Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Lunar 二〇二五年 · 八月十一

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

    Tue

    2025-09-23

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2025-10-02

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    2025-10-08

    In 6 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2025-10-23

    In 21 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙酉

八月十一

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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