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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 2223

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 928Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 925Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 926Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 927Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 928Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 929Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 930Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 931Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 91Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 92Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 93Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 94Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 95Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 96Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 97Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 16, 2223

Lunar 二二二三年 · 九月廿二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    2223-10-09

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2223-10-16

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2223-10-24

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    2223-11-08

    In 23 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬戌

九月廿二

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneTimber workBuild roof beamsMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageDig a wellPlantingBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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