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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

Wednesday, October 17, 1888

Lunar 一八八八年 · 九月十三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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

    Mon

    1888-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1888-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1888-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1888-11-07

    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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬戌

九月十三

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBreak groundSet a bedClean the homeFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

ConsecratePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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