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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 2042

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Lunar month 828Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 19, 2042

Lunar 二〇四二年 · 九月初六

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. Cold Dew

    Wed

    2042-10-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2042-10-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2042-10-23

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    2042-11-07

    In 19 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚戌

九月初六

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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