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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 1917

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 830Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew9Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 916Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 917Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 923Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent24Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter8Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 12, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 八月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    1917-10-09

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1917-10-12

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1917-10-24

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1917-11-08

    In 27 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚戌

八月廿七

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelMake vehicles and toolsBuild animal sheltersLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteCut garmentsBuild roof beamsCarvingVisit friends and familyRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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