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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 1981

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Lunar month 827Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1031Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 1, 1981

Lunar 一九八一年 · 九月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Wed

    1981-09-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1981-10-01

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1981-10-08

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1981-10-23

    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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丁酉

九月初四

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageRelocateTravelRaise a roof beamMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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