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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 2096

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TODAY
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Lunar month 830Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew7Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent22Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter6Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 19, 2096

Lunar 二〇九六年 · 九月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    2096-10-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2096-10-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2096-10-22

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2096-11-06

    In 18 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初四

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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