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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 1960

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 3, 1960

Lunar 一九六〇年 · 八月十三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1960-09-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1960-10-03

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1960-10-08

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1960-10-23

    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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙酉

八月十三

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersRepair wallsLevel roadsFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeRaise a roof beamInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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