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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 1890

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Lunar month 828Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 20, 1890

Lunar 一八九〇年 · 九月初七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Wed

    1890-10-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1890-10-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1890-10-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1890-11-07

    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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙戌

九月初七

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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