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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 1966

Select a date to view its almanac.

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

Thursday, October 20, 1966

Lunar 一九六六年 · 九月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1966-10-09

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1966-10-20

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1966-10-24

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1966-11-08

    In 19 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初七

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthVisit friends and familyConsecrateHaircutFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveMove the hearthTravelMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedOffer prayersRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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