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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

Wednesday, October 24, 1973

Lunar 一九七三年 · 九月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Mon

    1973-10-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1973-10-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1973-11-07

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1973-11-22

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬戌

九月廿九

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Visit friends and familyMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalWelcome a son-in-lawDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise pillars

Avoid

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

TravelOffer prayersBurialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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