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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

Select a date to view its almanac.

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

Thursday, October 13, 1983

Lunar 一九八三年 · 九月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1983-10-09

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1983-10-13

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1983-10-24

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1983-11-08

    In 26 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初八

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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