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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
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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

Monday, October 19, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 九月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    1936-10-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1936-10-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1936-10-23

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1936-11-07

    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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初五

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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