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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 1983

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew9Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 4, 1983

Lunar 一九八三年 · 八月廿八

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

    1983-09-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1983-10-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1983-10-09

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1983-10-24

    In 20 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

辛酉

八月廿八

Day cycle

乙丑

海中金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyFormal betrothalMarriageConsecrateSculpture and paintingPurification riteSet an altarOpen for businessExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Move into a homeTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己未)羊 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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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