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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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TODAY
Sun
Mon
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Saturday, October 17, 1998

Lunar 一九九八年 · 八月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1998-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1998-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1998-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1998-11-07

    In 21 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬戌

八月廿七

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringInstall machineryFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Break groundRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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