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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 1936

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 827Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 4, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 八月十九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1936-09-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1936-10-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1936-10-08

    In 4 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1936-10-23

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁酉

八月十九

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringUniversal blessing riteLift misfortuneVisit friends and familyCaptureHuntingTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffin

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBreak groundDig a wellDig a pondBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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