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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 1894

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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

Saturday, October 20, 1894

Lunar 一八九四年 · 九月廿二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1894-10-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1894-10-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1894-11-07

    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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲戌

九月廿二

Day cycle

乙未

沙中金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressHunting

Avoid

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

PlantingBreak groundBurialOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己丑)牛 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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