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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 1979

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 830Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 10, 1979

Lunar 一九七九年 · 八月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    1979-09-23

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1979-10-10

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1979-10-24

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1979-11-08

    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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

甲戌

八月二十

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelCut garmentsComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersMarriageRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

Break groundTimber workBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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