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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 1956

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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

Tuesday, October 30, 1956

Lunar 一九五六年 · 九月廿七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1956-10-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1956-10-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1956-11-07

    In 8 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1956-11-22

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊戌

九月廿七

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrate

Avoid

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

Visit the sickReceive livestockTimber workLay foundationsBuild roof beamsBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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