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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 1988

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 4, 1988

Lunar 一九八八年 · 八月廿四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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

    Fri

    1988-09-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1988-10-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1988-10-08

    In 4 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1988-10-23

    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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛酉

八月廿四

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringConsecrateTravelHaircutBuild roof beamsMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessDig a wellDig a channelBuild a bridgeBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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