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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 1942

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Lunar month 827Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 923Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent24Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 4, 1942

Lunar 一九四二年 · 八月廿五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    1942-09-24

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1942-10-04

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1942-10-09

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1942-10-24

    In 20 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己酉

八月廿五

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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