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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 2209

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Lunar month 91Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 30, 2209

Lunar 二二〇九年 · 十月初二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    2209-10-24

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2209-10-30

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2209-11-08

    In 9 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    2209-11-23

    In 24 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲戌

十月初二

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementVisit friends and familyReceive livestockAnimal husbandryExchange family namesRelocate

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRaise a roof beamPurification riteMove the hearthThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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