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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 1969

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Lunar month 828Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 6, 1969

Lunar 一九六九年 · 八月廿五

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

    1969-09-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1969-10-06

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1969-10-08

    In 2 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1969-10-23

    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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸酉

八月廿五

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageSet a bedOpen for businessMove into a homeVisit the sickRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

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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