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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 1872

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Lunar month 829Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 17, 1872

Lunar 一八七二年 · 九月十六

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

    Tue

    1872-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1872-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1872-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1872-11-07

    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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚戌

九月十六

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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