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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 2056

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 81Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew7Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 8, 2056

Lunar 二〇五六年 · 八月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2056-09-22

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2056-10-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2056-10-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2056-11-07

    In 30 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊戌

八月廿九

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Visit friends and familyMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalWelcome a son-in-lawDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise pillars

Avoid

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

TravelOffer prayersBurialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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