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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 1996

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TODAY
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Thu
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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 31, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 九月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and deep study. 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. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1996-10-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1996-10-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1996-11-07

    In 7 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1996-11-22

    In 22 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊戌

九月二十

Day cycle

辛丑

壁上土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake netsBuild animal sheltersAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙未)羊 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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