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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 1879

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 828Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 923Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent24Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter8Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 22, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 九月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    1879-10-09

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1879-10-22

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1879-10-24

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1879-11-08

    In 17 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲戌

九月初八

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

CaptureHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessTradeMake an offeringMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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