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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 1928

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 830Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 13, 1928

Lunar 一九二八年 · 九月初一

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

    Mon

    1928-10-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1928-10-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1928-10-23

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1928-11-07

    In 25 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初一

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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