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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 1877

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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

Sunday, October 28, 1877

Lunar 一八七七年 · 九月廿二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1877-10-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1877-10-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1877-11-07

    In 10 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1877-11-22

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚戌

九月廿二

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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