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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 1985

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Lunar month 829Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 4, 1985

Lunar 一九八五年 · 八月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Mon

    1985-09-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1985-10-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1985-10-08

    In 4 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1985-10-23

    In 19 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙酉

八月二十

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialLevel roads

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove into a homeOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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