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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 1880

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
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

Sunday, October 31, 1880

Lunar 一八八〇年 · 九月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1880-10-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1880-10-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1880-11-07

    In 7 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1880-11-22

    In 22 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙戌

九月廿八

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Visit friends and familyMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalWelcome a son-in-lawDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise pillars

Avoid

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

TravelOffer prayersBurialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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