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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 2014

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Lunar month 928Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 924Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 925Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 926Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 927Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 928Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 929Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 930Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 931Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 91Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 92Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 93Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 94Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 95Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 96Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 98Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 闰九月初七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2014-10-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2014-10-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Fri

    2014-11-07

    In 8 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    2014-11-22

    In 23 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲戌

闰九月初七

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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