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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 1976

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TODAY
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Thu
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Leap lunar month 826Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 827Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 828Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 829Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 830Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 81Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 82Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 83Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 84Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 85Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 86Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 87Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 89Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 810Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 811Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 812Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 813Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 814Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 815Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 816Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 817Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 818Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 819Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 820Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 821Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 822Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 9, 1976

Lunar 一九七六年 · 闰八月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1976-09-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1976-10-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1976-10-23

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1976-11-07

    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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊戌

闰八月十六

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateOffer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseComing-of-age riteTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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