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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 2108

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TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 830Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 12, 2108

Lunar 二一〇八年 · 九月初八

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

    Mon

    2108-10-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2108-10-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2108-10-23

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2108-11-07

    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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初八

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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