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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 1989

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Saturday, October 14, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 九月十五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1989-10-08

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1989-10-14

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1989-10-23

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1989-11-07

    In 24 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲戌

九月十五

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSeal openingsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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