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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 1912

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 829Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew9Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter8Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 9, 1912

Lunar 一九一二年 · 八月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Mon

    1912-09-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1912-10-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1912-10-24

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1912-11-08

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 寒露

Year cycle

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚戌

八月廿九

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOpen for businessConsecrateTravelMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Receive livestockTimber workAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialTend a graveErect a memorial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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