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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 1977

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TODAY
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Lunar month 825Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 5, 1977

Lunar 一九七七年 · 八月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Fri

    1977-09-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1977-10-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1977-10-08

    In 3 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1977-10-23

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己酉

八月廿三

Day cycle

乙未

沙中金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTend a graveEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressTomb-opening riteMove a coffinAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeMarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己丑)牛 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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