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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 1954

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 826Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1031Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 21, 1954

Lunar 一九五四年 · 九月廿五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    1954-10-09

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1954-10-21

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1954-10-24

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1954-11-08

    In 18 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲戌

九月廿五

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelCut garmentsComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersMarriageRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

Break groundTimber workBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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