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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 1898

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TODAY
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Lunar month 825Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 4, 1898

Lunar 一八九八年 · 八月十九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1898-09-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1898-10-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1898-10-08

    In 4 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1898-10-23

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛酉

八月十九

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeSet a bedTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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