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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 1929

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Lunar month 829Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew9Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 923Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent24Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 107Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter8Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 20, 1929

Lunar 一九二九年 · 九月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    1929-10-09

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1929-10-20

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1929-10-24

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1929-11-08

    In 19 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲戌

九月十八

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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