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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 2117

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Lunar month 926Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1031Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 30, 2117

Lunar 二一一七年 · 十月初六

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

    Sat

    2117-10-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2117-10-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2117-11-07

    In 8 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    2117-11-22

    In 23 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚戌

十月初六

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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