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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 1919

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Lunar month 828Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew9Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 823Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter8Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 10, 1919

Lunar 一九一九年 · 八月十七

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. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1919-09-24

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1919-10-10

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1919-10-24

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1919-11-08

    In 29 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

甲戌

八月十七

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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