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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 1997

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 828Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1031Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 8, 1997

Lunar 一九九七年 · 九月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1997-09-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1997-10-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1997-10-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1997-11-07

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 寒露

Year cycle

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚戌

九月初七

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveReceive wealthCaptureHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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