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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 1937

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 826Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew9Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 923Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent24Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 12, 1937

Lunar 一九三七年 · 九月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    1937-10-09

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1937-10-12

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1937-10-24

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1937-11-08

    In 27 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚戌

九月初九

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateTravelMarriageSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak ground

Avoid

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

Install doorsSet a bedCut garmentsMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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