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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

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
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

Sunday, October 30, 1988

Lunar 一九八八年 · 九月二十

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. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1988-10-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1988-10-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1988-11-07

    In 8 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1988-11-22

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬戌

九月二十

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOpen for businessConsecrateTravelMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Receive livestockTimber workAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialTend a graveErect a memorial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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