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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 1957

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
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Thu
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Leap lunar month 829Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 830Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 81Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 82Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 83Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 84Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 85Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 86Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 87Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 89Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 810Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 811Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 812Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 813Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 814Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 815Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 816Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 817Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 818Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 819Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 820Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 821Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 822Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 923Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent24Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter8Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 5, 1957

Lunar 一九五七年 · 闰八月十二

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. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1957-09-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1957-10-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1957-10-08

    In 3 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1957-10-24

    In 19 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己酉

闰八月十二

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelConstructionBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

AcupunctureTimber workBuild roof beamsBuild a templeFuneral processionBurial

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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