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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 2028

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 81Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 11, 2028

Lunar 二〇二八年 · 八月廿三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sun

    2028-10-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2028-10-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2028-10-23

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2028-11-07

    In 27 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬戌

八月廿三

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyInstall doorsSet a bedMeridian therapyReceive wealthAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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