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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

October 1894

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TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 930Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1031Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 18, 1894

Lunar 一八九四年 · 九月二十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1894-10-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1894-10-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1894-10-23

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1894-11-07

    In 20 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲戌

九月二十

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Visit friends and familyMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalWelcome a son-in-lawDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise pillars

Avoid

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

TravelOffer prayersBurialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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