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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 1963

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Lunar month 829Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 8, 1963

Lunar 一九六三年 · 八月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1963-09-24

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1963-10-08

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1963-10-09

    In 1 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1963-10-24

    In 16 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛酉

八月廿一

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelTimber workDismantleConstructionBreak groundRelocateBurialBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Dig a wellOffer prayersSet a bedOpen for businessMove into a homeHang a signboardConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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