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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 1886

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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 17, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 九月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1886-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1886-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1886-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1886-11-07

    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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊戌

九月二十

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelCut garmentsComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersMarriageRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

Break groundTimber workBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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