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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 1986

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 828Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 3, 1986

Lunar 一九八六年 · 八月三十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1986-09-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1986-10-03

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1986-10-08

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1986-10-24

    In 21 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁酉

八月三十

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamConsecrate

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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