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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 2040

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Lunar month 830Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 29, 2040

Lunar 二〇四〇年 · 九月廿四

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. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2040-10-23

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2040-10-29

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2040-11-07

    In 9 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    2040-11-22

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙戌

九月廿四

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

CaptureMake netsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialTomb-opening riteErect a memorial

Avoid

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

MarriageMake an offeringMove into a homeBuild a houseRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

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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