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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 1901

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 829Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew9Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 914Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 915Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 923Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent24Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter8Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 5, 1901

Lunar 一九〇一年 · 八月廿三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    1901-09-24

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1901-10-05

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1901-10-09

    In 4 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1901-10-24

    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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿三

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSet an altarMove the hearthConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a templeBuild a bridgeBuild a boatBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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