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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 2236

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1031Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 18, 2236

Lunar 二二三六年 · 九月十八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    2236-10-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2236-10-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sun

    2236-10-23

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Mon

    2236-11-07

    In 20 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十八

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenAcquire propertySeek medical careTreat illnessOpen for business

Avoid

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

Build a templeBuild a boatBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

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

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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