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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 2204

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Lunar month 930Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 924Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 925Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 926Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 927Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 928Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 929Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 930Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 931Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 91Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 92Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 93Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 94Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 95Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 96Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 98Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 99Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 910Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 16, 2204

Lunar 二二〇四年 · 九月廿三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    2204-10-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2204-10-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    2204-10-23

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2204-11-07

    In 22 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲戌

九月廿三

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBathingRaise pillarsMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageDismantleMove into a home

Avoid

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

Build a stoveFuneral preparationBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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