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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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TODAY
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Thu
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Sat
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

Wednesday, October 25, 1916

Lunar 一九一六年 · 九月廿九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1916-10-08

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1916-10-25

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1916-11-08

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1916-11-22

    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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊戌

九月廿九

Day cycle

乙未

沙中金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressHunting

Avoid

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

PlantingBreak groundBurialOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己丑)牛 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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