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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 1888

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Lunar month 830Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 7, 1888

Lunar 一八八八年 · 九月初三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1888-09-22

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1888-10-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1888-10-08

    In 1 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1888-10-23

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛酉

九月初三

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementInstall machineryMove the hearthRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialBreak groundBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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