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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 1972

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 81Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 16, 1972

Lunar 一九七二年 · 九月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    1972-10-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1972-10-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1972-10-23

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1972-11-07

    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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚戌

九月初十

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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