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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 2029

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 830Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 3, 2029

Lunar 二〇二九年 · 八月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2029-09-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2029-10-03

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Mon

    2029-10-08

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2029-10-23

    In 20 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸酉

八月廿六

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyDismantleLay foundationsEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMove into a homeMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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