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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 1875

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TODAY
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Lunar month 826Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1031Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 4, 1875

Lunar 一八七五年 · 九月初六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1875-09-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1875-10-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1875-10-09

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1875-10-24

    In 20 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

乙亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙酉

九月初六

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardReceive wealthPlantingWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageFuneral processionBreak groundBuild a stoveBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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