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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 1897

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 926Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1031Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 21, 1897

Lunar 一八九七年 · 九月廿六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Fri

    1897-10-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1897-10-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1897-10-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1897-11-07

    In 17 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚戌

九月廿六

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthVisit friends and familyConsecrateHaircutFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveMove the hearthTravelMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedOffer prayersRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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