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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 1948

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Lunar month 826Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 8, 1948

Lunar 一九四八年 · 九月初六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    1948-09-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1948-10-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1948-10-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1948-11-07

    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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初六

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeMake an offeringAcquire propertyMend wallsSeal openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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