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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 1878

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 929Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1031Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 24, 1878

Lunar 一八七八年 · 九月廿九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Tue

    1878-10-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1878-10-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1878-11-07

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1878-11-22

    In 29 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬戌

九月廿九

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneTimber workBuild roof beamsMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageDig a wellPlantingBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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