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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 1989

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 91Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1031Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 3, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 九月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1989-09-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1989-10-03

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1989-10-08

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1989-10-23

    In 20 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸酉

九月初四

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteInstall machineryLift misfortuneReceive livestockAnimal husbandryBathingTimber workSet up a horse frameBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConsecrateOpen for businessMove into a homeBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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