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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 1893

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Lunar month 81Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 8, 1893

Lunar 一八九三年 · 八月廿九

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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1893-09-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1893-10-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1893-10-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1893-11-07

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 寒露

Year cycle

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬戌

八月廿九

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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