Lunar day 10: the spring — meaning and dates

The character of lunar day 10

A spring rises from underground water that fell as rain long ago and far away, and the tenth lunar day is read through that image of a source: family, ancestry, home, the traditions that formed a person before they could choose. The tradition treats it as a good day for the household and for the long view of one's own story. The Moon is waxing gibbous, the month's growth well under way. Drawing on what came before gives the plan a deeper footing, and the day invites looking at inheritance — of habits as much as of things — with gratitude and some honesty.

What the day favors

The day favors time with family, calling an older relative, looking through old photographs, cooking a dish from home. It suits work on the house, on the family's practical affairs, and on anything meant to last for years rather than weeks. Standing on your own origin — knowing what you have been given and what you choose to keep — is the gift of the spring.

What can wait

What can wait is getting stuck in old grudges. Reopening ancient family quarrels, blaming the beginning for everything since, and measuring oneself against the family's expectations are the shadow of the tenth day. The spring gives water; it does not need to be dug up.

With other people

With other people, the tenth day turns toward family and old friends — the people who knew you before you chose who to be. It is a good day for a family meal, for stories told across generations, and for thanking someone who gave you a start. Old quarrels are better left to rest than reopened.

The question of the day

The day asks what you have inherited that still feeds you — and what you carry only out of habit.

When lunar day 10 falls

The dates in this table count lunar days (also called moon days) from the exact new moon, the same moment everywhere: day one is the first twenty-four hours after it — a table read anywhere cannot follow one horizon. The line at the top of the page counts the traditional way, from moonrise where you are, which can be up to a day apart. How the lunar day is counted

Times are in UTC.

Begins	Ends
January 27, 2026 at 19:53 UTC	January 28, 2026 at 19:53 UTC
February 26, 2026 at 12:02 UTC	February 27, 2026 at 12:02 UTC
March 28, 2026 at 01:24 UTC	March 29, 2026 at 01:24 UTC
April 26, 2026 at 11:52 UTC	April 27, 2026 at 11:52 UTC
May 25, 2026 at 20:02 UTC	May 26, 2026 at 20:02 UTC
June 24, 2026 at 02:55 UTC	June 25, 2026 at 02:55 UTC
July 23, 2026 at 09:44 UTC	July 24, 2026 at 09:44 UTC
August 21, 2026 at 17:37 UTC	August 22, 2026 at 17:37 UTC
September 20, 2026 at 03:27 UTC	September 21, 2026 at 03:27 UTC
October 19, 2026 at 15:51 UTC	October 20, 2026 at 15:51 UTC
November 18, 2026 at 07:03 UTC	November 19, 2026 at 07:03 UTC
December 18, 2026 at 00:53 UTC	December 19, 2026 at 00:53 UTC
January 16, 2027 at 20:25 UTC	January 17, 2027 at 20:25 UTC
February 15, 2027 at 15:57 UTC	February 16, 2027 at 15:57 UTC
March 17, 2027 at 09:30 UTC	March 18, 2027 at 09:30 UTC
April 15, 2027 at 23:52 UTC	April 16, 2027 at 23:52 UTC
May 15, 2027 at 10:59 UTC	May 16, 2027 at 10:59 UTC
June 13, 2027 at 19:41 UTC	June 14, 2027 at 19:41 UTC
July 13, 2027 at 03:03 UTC	July 14, 2027 at 03:03 UTC
August 11, 2027 at 10:06 UTC	August 12, 2027 at 10:06 UTC
September 9, 2027 at 17:42 UTC	September 10, 2027 at 17:42 UTC
October 9, 2027 at 02:37 UTC	October 10, 2027 at 02:37 UTC
November 7, 2027 at 13:37 UTC	November 8, 2027 at 13:37 UTC
December 7, 2027 at 03:25 UTC	December 8, 2027 at 03:25 UTC