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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

Tuesday, October 17, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 九月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1989-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1989-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1989-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1989-11-07

    In 21 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

九月十八

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelCut garmentsComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersMarriageRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

Break groundTimber workBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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