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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 2187

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Lunar month 830Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 31, 2187

Lunar 二一八七年 · 九月三十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Tue

    2187-10-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2187-10-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2187-11-07

    In 7 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    2187-11-22

    In 22 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

庚戌

九月三十

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make vehicles and toolsMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementRelocate

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamConsecrateBuild a houseSet up a horse framePrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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