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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 1881

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TODAY
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Lunar month 825Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 1, 1881

Lunar 一八八一年 · 八月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1881-09-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1881-10-01

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1881-10-08

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1881-10-23

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初九

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneMake a pactMarriageDismantleLay foundationsSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a bridgeComing-of-age riteBuild a houseDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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