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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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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

Friday, October 20, 2028

Lunar 二〇二八年 · 九月初三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    2028-10-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2028-10-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2028-10-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2028-11-07

    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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初三

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

CaptureHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessTradeMake an offeringMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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