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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 1914

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TODAY
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Lunar month 827Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 88Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 15, 1914

Lunar 一九一四年 · 八月廿六

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

    Fri

    1914-10-09

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1914-10-15

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1914-10-24

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1914-11-08

    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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲戌

八月廿六

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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