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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 1884

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Lunar month 828Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 3, 1884

Lunar 一八八四年 · 八月十五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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

    Mon

    1884-09-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1884-10-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1884-10-08

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1884-10-23

    In 20 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸酉

八月十五

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneHaircutGroom nailsBreak groundSet a bed

Avoid

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

Timber workFuneral processionBuild a stoveBuild roof beamsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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