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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

October 1952

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Lunar month 828Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 6, 1952

Lunar 一九五二年 · 八月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Tue

    1952-09-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1952-10-06

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1952-10-08

    In 2 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1952-10-23

    In 17 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己酉

八月十八

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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