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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 1886

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 826Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1031Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 10, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 九月十三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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

    Fri

    1886-10-08

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1886-10-10

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1886-10-23

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1886-11-07

    In 28 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十三

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersBreak groundRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Open for businessTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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