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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 1930

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 828Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 88Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 11, 1930

Lunar 一九三〇年 · 八月二十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    1930-10-09

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1930-10-11

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1930-10-24

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1930-11-08

    In 28 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙戌

八月二十

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateOffer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseComing-of-age riteTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

Avoid

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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