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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 1912

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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

Friday, October 25, 1912

Lunar 一九一二年 · 九月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1912-10-09

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1912-10-25

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1912-11-08

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1912-11-22

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚戌

九月十六

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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