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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 1889

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Lunar month 929Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1024Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1025Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1031Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 29, 1889

Lunar 一八八九年 · 十月初六

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. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1889-10-23

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1889-10-29

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1889-11-07

    In 9 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1889-11-22

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲戌

十月初六

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

CaptureHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessTradeMake an offeringMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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