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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 1978

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TODAY
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Lunar month 81Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 7, 1978

Lunar 一九七八年 · 九月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    1978-09-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1978-10-07

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1978-10-08

    In 1 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1978-10-24

    In 17 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

辛酉

九月初六

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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