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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 1877

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 830Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 11, 1877

Lunar 一八七七年 · 九月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1877-10-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1877-10-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1877-10-23

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1877-11-07

    In 27 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚戌

九月初五

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriagePray for childrenFormal betrothalWelcome a household memberReceive wealthMake netsReceive livestockAnimal husbandryVisit friends and family

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamBuild a stoveTimber workTravelBurialInstall doorsHaircut

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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