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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 1955

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 4, 1955

Lunar 一九五五年 · 八月十九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1955-09-24

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1955-10-04

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1955-10-09

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1955-10-24

    In 20 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙酉

八月十九

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringLift misfortuneTravelConstructionBreak groundOpen for businessRaise a roof beamSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a templeFuneral processionBurialTimber workBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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