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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 1973

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 930Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1031Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 13, 1973

Lunar 一九七三年 · 九月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Mon

    1973-10-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1973-10-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1973-10-23

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1973-11-07

    In 25 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬戌

九月十八

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make vehicles and toolsMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementRelocate

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamConsecrateBuild a houseSet up a horse framePrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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