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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 1998

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Lunar month 827Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 8, 1998

Lunar 一九九八年 · 八月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    1998-09-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1998-10-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1998-10-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1998-11-07

    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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬戌

八月十八

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutComing-of-age riteSet a bedOpen for businessExecute an agreementVisit friends and familyTradeReceive wealthMake nets

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeTravelOffer prayersMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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