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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
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Saturday, October 11, 1986

Lunar 一九八六年 · 九月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1986-10-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1986-10-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1986-10-24

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1986-11-08

    In 28 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初八

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutComing-of-age riteSet a bedOpen for businessExecute an agreementVisit friends and familyTradeReceive wealthMake nets

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeTravelOffer prayersMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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