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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 2158

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Lunar month 81Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 8, 2158

Lunar 二一五八年 · 八月十七

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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2158-09-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2158-10-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2158-10-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2158-11-07

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 寒露

Year cycle

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬戌

八月十七

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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