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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 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

Wednesday, October 8, 1952

Lunar 一九五二年 · 八月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1952-10-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1952-10-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1952-11-07

    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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚戌

八月二十

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelMake vehicles and toolsBuild animal sheltersLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteCut garmentsBuild roof beamsCarvingVisit friends and familyRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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