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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

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Saturday, October 17, 1987

Lunar 一九八七年 · 八月廿五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1987-10-17

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1987-10-24

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1987-11-08

    In 22 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

八月廿五

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutBegin studyPractise a craftWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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