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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
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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 12, 1957

Lunar 一九五七年 · 闰八月十九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1957-10-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1957-10-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1957-10-24

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1957-11-08

    In 27 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

寒露 → 霜降

Year cycle

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚戌

闰八月十九

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriagePray for childrenFormal betrothalWelcome a household memberReceive wealthMake netsReceive livestockAnimal husbandryVisit friends and family

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamBuild a stoveTimber workTravelBurialInstall doorsHaircut

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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