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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

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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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

Tuesday, October 8, 1957

Lunar 一九五七年 · 闰八月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1957-10-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1957-10-24

    In 16 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1957-11-08

    In 31 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚戌

闰八月十五

Day cycle

癸丑

桑柘木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build animal sheltersLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁未)羊 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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