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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 1941

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TODAY
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Lunar month 828Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew9Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 923Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent24Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter8Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 2, 1941

Lunar 一九四一年 · 八月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    1941-09-23

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1941-10-02

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1941-10-09

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1941-10-24

    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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁酉

八月十二

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringErect a memorialTend a graveTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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