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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 1961

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 81Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 13, 1961

Lunar 一九六一年 · 九月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sun

    1961-10-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1961-10-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1961-10-23

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1961-11-07

    In 25 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初四

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak ground for burialDig a wellPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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