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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 1887

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 923Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent24Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 10, 1887

Lunar 一八八七年 · 八月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1887-10-08

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1887-10-10

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1887-10-24

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1887-11-08

    In 29 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

庚戌

八月廿四

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessTravelLift misfortuneBreak groundLay foundationsAcquire property

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveTend a graveInstall doorsMove into a homeErect a memorialBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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