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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 1913

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 828Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew9Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 923Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent24Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1031Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 107Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter8Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 15, 1913

Lunar 一九一三年 · 九月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Thu

    1913-10-09

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1913-10-15

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1913-10-24

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1913-11-08

    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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬戌

九月十六

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyInstall doorsSet a bedMeridian therapyReceive wealthAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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