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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 2078

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Lunar month 825Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 8, 2078

Lunar 二〇七八年 · 九月初三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    2078-09-22

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2078-10-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sun

    2078-10-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Mon

    2078-11-07

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 寒露

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初三

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutComing-of-age riteSet a bedOpen for businessExecute an agreementVisit friends and familyTradeReceive wealthMake nets

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeTravelOffer prayersMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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