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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 1974

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 829Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 923Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent24Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter8Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 10, 1974

Lunar 一九七四年 · 八月廿五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1974-09-23

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1974-10-10

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1974-10-24

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1974-11-08

    In 29 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲戌

八月廿五

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelSeek medical careTreat illnessMove the hearthRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessOpen a storehouseDispatch goodsSet a bedInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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