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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

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Lunar 二〇二五年 · 八月廿七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Wed

    2025-10-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2025-10-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2025-10-23

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    2025-11-07

    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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙戌

八月廿七

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneMove the hearthWelcome a household memberOpen for business

Avoid

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

Set a bedBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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