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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 1940

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TODAY
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 829Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 6, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 九月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    1940-09-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1940-10-06

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1940-10-08

    In 2 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1940-10-23

    In 17 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙酉

九月初六

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberMarriageAcupunctureFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Visit the sickDig a channelBurialTimber workBuild a stoveMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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