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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 1938

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TODAY
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Lunar month 825Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 88Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 9, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 八月十六

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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1938-09-24

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1938-10-09

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1938-10-24

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1938-11-08

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 寒露

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬戌

八月十六

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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