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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 1899

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 81Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 14, 1899

Lunar 一八九九年 · 九月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sun

    1899-10-08

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1899-10-14

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1899-10-23

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1899-11-07

    In 24 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲戌

九月初十

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationMove a coffinPrepare a burial plotBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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