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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 1880

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 826Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 12, 1880

Lunar 一八八〇年 · 九月初九

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. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1880-10-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1880-10-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1880-10-23

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1880-11-07

    In 26 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙戌

九月初九

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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