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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 2085

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 830Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew7Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 98Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 12, 2085

Lunar 二〇八五年 · 八月廿四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Cold Dew

    Sun

    2085-10-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2085-10-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2085-10-23

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2085-11-07

    In 26 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙戌

八月廿四

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyInstall doorsSet a bedMeridian therapyReceive wealthAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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