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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 1996

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 829Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 3, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 八月廿一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    1996-09-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1996-10-03

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1996-10-08

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1996-10-23

    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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿一

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelPut on mourning dressEnd mourning dressBathingFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

Break groundComing-of-age riteRelocateMove into a homeOpen for businessRaise pillarsRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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