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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 1947

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Lunar month 828Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 2, 1947

Lunar 一九四七年 · 八月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    1947-09-24

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1947-10-02

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1947-10-09

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1947-10-24

    In 22 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己酉

八月十八

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageSet a bedOpen for businessMove into a homeVisit the sickRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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