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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 17, 1884

Lunar 一八八四年 · 八月廿九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    1884-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1884-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1884-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1884-11-07

    In 21 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲戌

八月廿九

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateAcupunctureVisit friends and familyTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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