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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 1928

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Lunar month 830Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 17, 1928

Lunar 一九二八年 · 九月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    1928-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1928-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1928-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1928-11-07

    In 21 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初五

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

CaptureMake netsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialTomb-opening riteErect a memorial

Avoid

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

MarriageMake an offeringMove into a homeBuild a houseRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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