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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 2208

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Lunar month 825Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 1, 2208

Lunar 二二〇八年 · 八月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2208-09-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2208-10-01

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    2208-10-08

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    2208-10-23

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛酉

八月廿一

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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