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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 1916

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Lunar month 91Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 5, 1916

Lunar 一九一六年 · 九月初九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1916-09-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1916-10-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1916-10-08

    In 3 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1916-10-24

    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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁酉

九月初九

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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