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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 1984

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TODAY
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Lunar month 930Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1024Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1025Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1031Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 27, 1984

Lunar 一九八四年 · 十月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1984-10-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1984-10-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1984-11-07

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1984-11-22

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲戌

十月初四

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateOffer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseComing-of-age riteTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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