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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

Friday, October 21, 1887

Lunar 一八八七年 · 九月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1887-10-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1887-10-24

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1887-11-08

    In 18 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

九月初五

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringBuild a stoveReceive wealth

Avoid

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

BurialOpen for businessTend a graveErect a memorial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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