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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 1939

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 81Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 29, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 九月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1939-10-24

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1939-10-29

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1939-11-08

    In 10 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1939-11-23

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲戌

九月十七

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutBegin studyPractise a craftWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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