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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 1943

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 826Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew9Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1031Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 14, 1943

Lunar 一九四三年 · 九月十六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    1943-10-09

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1943-10-14

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1943-10-24

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1943-11-08

    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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

壬戌

九月十六

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyInstall machineryReceive wealthAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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