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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 1956

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 830Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 8, 1956

Lunar 一九五六年 · 九月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1956-09-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1956-10-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1956-10-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1956-11-07

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初五

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessTravelLift misfortuneBreak groundLay foundationsAcquire property

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveTend a graveInstall doorsMove into a homeErect a memorialBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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