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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 1980

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Lunar month 828Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 1, 1980

Lunar 一九八〇年 · 八月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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

    Tue

    1980-09-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1980-10-01

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1980-10-08

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1980-10-23

    In 22 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙酉

八月廿三

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneMake netsHuntingFishingVisit friends and familyBegin studyMove a coffinTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessOffer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burialFuneral preparationBurialBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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