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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 1933

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Lunar month 81Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew9Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 923Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent24Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter8Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 16, 1933

Lunar 一九三三年 · 八月廿七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1933-10-09

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1933-10-16

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1933-10-24

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1933-11-08

    In 23 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬戌

八月廿七

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationMove a coffinPrepare a burial plotBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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