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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

Monday, October 20, 2025

Lunar 二〇二五年 · 八月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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

    Wed

    2025-10-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2025-10-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2025-10-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    2025-11-07

    In 18 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

八月廿九

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneRaise a roof beamMove into a homeRelocateSet a bed

Avoid

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

Timber workFuneral processionBreak ground for burialMarriageBurialDig a channel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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