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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 1968

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 829Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 27, 1968

Lunar 一九六八年 · 九月初六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1968-10-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1968-10-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1968-11-07

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1968-11-22

    In 26 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初六

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrate

Avoid

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

Visit the sickReceive livestockTimber workLay foundationsBuild roof beamsBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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