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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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TODAY
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Thu
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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

Wednesday, October 22, 1947

Lunar 一九四七年 · 九月初九

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. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1947-10-09

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1947-10-22

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1947-10-24

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1947-11-08

    In 17 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

庚戌

九月初九

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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