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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 2201

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Lunar month 827Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 10, 2201

Lunar 二二〇一年 · 九月十三

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. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2201-10-08

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2201-10-10

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2201-10-24

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2201-11-08

    In 29 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十三

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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