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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

October 1962

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Lunar month 930Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1031Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 31, 1962

Lunar 一九六二年 · 十月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1962-10-24

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1962-10-31

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1962-11-08

    In 8 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1962-11-23

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚戌

十月初四

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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