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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 1966

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 923Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent24Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 7, 1966

Lunar 一九六六年 · 八月廿三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1966-09-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1966-10-07

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1966-10-09

    In 2 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1966-10-24

    In 17 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿三

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardReceive wealthPlantingWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageFuneral processionBreak groundBuild a stoveBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

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

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

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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