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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 1921

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 825Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew9Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 923Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent24Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1031Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 14, 1921

Lunar 一九二一年 · 九月十四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    1921-10-09

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1921-10-14

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1921-10-24

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1921-11-08

    In 25 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十四

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelCut garmentsComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersMarriageRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

Break groundTimber workBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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