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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 2156

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Lunar month 826Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 18, 2156

Lunar 二一五六年 · 九月初五

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

    Fri

    2156-10-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2156-10-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2156-10-23

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2156-11-07

    In 20 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初五

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelMake vehicles and toolsBuild animal sheltersLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteCut garmentsBuild roof beamsCarvingVisit friends and familyRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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