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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
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Sunday, October 12, 1941

Lunar 一九四一年 · 八月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1941-10-09

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1941-10-12

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1941-10-24

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1941-11-08

    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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊戌

八月廿二

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Visit friends and familyMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalWelcome a son-in-lawDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise pillars

Avoid

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

TravelOffer prayersBurialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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