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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 2105

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Lunar month 827Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 16, 2105

Lunar 二一〇五年 · 九月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    2105-10-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2105-10-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2105-10-23

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    2105-11-07

    In 22 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙戌

九月初九

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriagePray for childrenFormal betrothalWelcome a household memberReceive wealthMake netsReceive livestockAnimal husbandryVisit friends and family

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamBuild a stoveTimber workTravelBurialInstall doorsHaircut

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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