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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 1871

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 81Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 923Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent24Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter8Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 14, 1871

Lunar 一八七一年 · 九月初一

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. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1871-10-09

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1871-10-14

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1871-10-24

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1871-11-08

    In 25 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初一

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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