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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 1938

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TODAY
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Lunar month 825Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 88Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 2, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 八月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1938-09-24

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1938-10-02

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1938-10-09

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1938-10-24

    In 22 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初九

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeTravelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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