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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 1891

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TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 827Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 20, 1891

Lunar 一八九一年 · 九月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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

    Thu

    1891-10-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1891-10-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1891-10-24

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1891-11-08

    In 19 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十八

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak ground for burialDig a wellPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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