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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 1987

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TODAY
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Lunar month 827Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 16, 1987

Lunar 一九八七年 · 八月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Fri

    1987-10-09

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1987-10-16

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1987-10-24

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1987-11-08

    In 23 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚戌

八月廿四

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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