Lunar day 10
The lunar day turns at moonrise, not midnight, so day 10 rarely lines up with a calendar date — most dates hold two different readings. Everything below is traditional material, quoted as it was received.
Favoured on lunar day 10
- Apologise or make up
- The tradition names this day as perfect for making up after a quarrel.
- Cook or host a meal
- The tradition names this the best day to cook and host a family dinner.
- Plant or sow
- The tradition names the tenth lunar day as suitable for planting and sowing, especially root vegetables and cabbages.
- Study or sit an exam
- This day is described as excellent for both study and assessments, with memory and recall heightened.
- Time with family
- The tradition holds that contact with family brings only positivity on this day.
- Colour my hair
- This day is considered good for colouring hair, on condition that natural dyes are used.
- Exercise or train
- The tradition treats this as a great day for varied, energizing workouts, including group and professional training.
- Make something
- This is counted among the best days for making, especially with natural materials or words.
- Move or renovate
- This day is said to support both starting and continuing renovations and rearranging the home.
- Negotiate or ask for a raise
- The tradition names negotiations among the day's favoured activities.
- Start learning something
- This day is said to heighten memory and focus, making it excellent for taking up new skills and concepts.
- Intimacy with a partner
- The tradition holds this to be a day when romance deepens and reconciliation comes easily between partners.
- Have a hard conversation
- Tradition names this a perfect day for making up after a fight and deepening the bond.
- Deep clean
- Cleaning of all kinds is said to flow easily on this day.
- Fix or repair something
- The 10th lunar day is described as making home improvement work flow easily, whether newly begun or continued.
- Go on a date
- Tradition holds that romance flourishes on this day, making it well suited to a date.
- Clear things out
- The 10th lunar day is held to make cleaning and organizing feel effortless, so clearing things out is supported.
- Compete or push hard
- The tradition views this as a strong day for the body, with serious sporting and competitive-style training welcomed in the evening.
- Get married
- This day is held to strengthen bonds and bring family closeness, which fits a union being formalised.
- Make a big purchase
- Financial transactions are said to go well on this day, so a significant purchase is supported.
- Sign a contract
- With negotiations, sales and financial transactions all favoured, the tradition treats this as a good day for concluding business arrangements.
- Start something new
- The tradition calls this a generally favourable business day, which is read as supportive of new undertakings.
- Look for work
- The tradition favours image-building and negotiation today, which it sees as suiting the effort to present yourself to employers.
- Pay attention to dreams
- The tradition holds that today's dreams are pleasant but not prophetic, though any message received may still be of some use.
Discouraged on lunar day 10
- Prune or cut back
- The tradition holds that pruning trees now harms their health.
- Travel
- The tradition recommends postponing trips on this day and urges great caution if travel is unavoidable.
- Cut my hair
- Tradition favours colouring with natural dyes; cutting is discouraged.
How much weight to give this
This is inherited material, not a finding. When we checked these readings against the tradition's own named authorities, they contradicted each other on all 29 lunar days — the same day called auspicious by one source and ruinous by another. We publish what the corpus says and label it, rather than choosing the most confident version and calling it settled.
What is exact is the astronomy: when day 10 begins and ends where you are, down to the minute.