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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 2109

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Lunar month 929Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 924Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 925Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 926Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 927Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 928Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 929Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 930Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 931Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 91Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 92Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 93Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 94Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 95Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 96Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 98Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 99Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 26, 2109

Lunar 二一〇九年 · 闰九月初三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    2109-10-23

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2109-10-26

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    2109-11-07

    In 12 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    2109-11-22

    In 27 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲戌

闰九月初三

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutComing-of-age riteSet a bedOpen for businessExecute an agreementVisit friends and familyTradeReceive wealthMake nets

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeTravelOffer prayersMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Avoid

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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