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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 1970

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 827Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1031Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 22, 1970

Lunar 一九七〇年 · 九月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1970-10-09

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1970-10-22

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1970-10-24

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1970-11-08

    In 17 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丙戌

九月廿三

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneTimber workBuild roof beamsMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageDig a wellPlantingBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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