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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 1974

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
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

Sunday, October 13, 1974

Lunar 一九七四年 · 八月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    1974-10-09

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1974-10-13

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1974-10-24

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1974-11-08

    In 26 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

八月廿八

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelMake vehicles and toolsBuild animal sheltersLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteCut garmentsBuild roof beamsCarvingVisit friends and familyRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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