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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 1999

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 826Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew9Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 1, 1999

Lunar 一九九九年 · 八月廿二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Thu

    1999-09-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1999-10-01

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1999-10-09

    In 8 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1999-10-24

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

癸酉

八月廿二

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneHaircutGroom nailsBreak groundSet a bed

Avoid

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

Timber workFuneral processionBuild a stoveBuild roof beamsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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