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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

October 1870

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TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 925Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1031Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 21, 1870

Lunar 一八七〇年 · 九月廿七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1870-10-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1870-10-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1870-10-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1870-11-07

    In 17 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙戌

九月廿七

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

CaptureMake netsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialTomb-opening riteErect a memorial

Avoid

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

MarriageMake an offeringMove into a homeBuild a houseRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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