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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 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

Thursday, October 16, 1969

Lunar 一九六九年 · 九月初六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Wed

    1969-10-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1969-10-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1969-10-23

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1969-11-07

    In 22 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲戌

九月初六

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyBathingHaircutCut garmentsComing-of-age riteSet a bedEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeTravelMarriageTend a graveOffer prayersBreak groundInstall doorsThanksgiving riteRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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