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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
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
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

Monday, October 27, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 九月十三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Fri

    1879-10-24

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1879-10-27

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1879-11-08

    In 12 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    1879-11-22

    In 26 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲戌

九月十三

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveReceive wealthCaptureHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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