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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 1944

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TODAY
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Lunar month 81Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 5, 1944

Lunar 一九四四年 · 八月十九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1944-09-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1944-10-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1944-10-08

    In 3 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1944-10-23

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸酉

八月十九

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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