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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 1920

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 826Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 27, 1920

Lunar 一九二〇年 · 九月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1920-10-24

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1920-10-27

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1920-11-08

    In 12 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1920-11-22

    In 26 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙戌

九月十六

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOpen for businessConsecrateTravelMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Receive livestockTimber workAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialTend a graveErect a memorial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Avoid

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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