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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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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

Thursday, October 9, 1997

Lunar 一九九七年 · 九月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1997-10-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1997-10-23

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1997-11-07

    In 29 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚戌

九月初八

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelSeek medical careTreat illnessMove the hearthRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessOpen a storehouseDispatch goodsSet a bedInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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