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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 1959

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 827Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew9Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 107Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 4, 1959

Lunar 一九五九年 · 九月初三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    1959-09-24

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1959-10-04

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1959-10-09

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1959-10-24

    In 20 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸酉

九月初三

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringUniversal blessing riteLift misfortuneVisit friends and familyCaptureHuntingTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffin

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBreak groundDig a wellDig a pondBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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