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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 1896

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Lunar month 827Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 9, 1896

Lunar 一八九六年 · 九月初三

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. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1896-09-22

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1896-10-09

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1896-10-23

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1896-11-07

    In 29 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初三

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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