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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 2106

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 826Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 28, 2106

Lunar 二一〇六年 · 十月初二

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. Frost Descent

    Sun

    2106-10-24

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2106-10-28

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Mon

    2106-11-08

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    2106-11-23

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊戌

十月初二

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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