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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 1881

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Monday, October 24, 1881

Lunar 一八八一年 · 九月初二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    1881-10-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1881-10-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1881-11-07

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1881-11-22

    In 29 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初二

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBuild a templeMove the hearthInstall machineryVisit friends and familyOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

ConsecrateMarriageDig a wellTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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