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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 1953

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Lunar month 827Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 923Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent24Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 107Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 18, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 九月十一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1953-10-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1953-10-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1953-10-24

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1953-11-08

    In 21 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬戌

九月十一

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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