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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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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Wednesday, October 21, 1942

Lunar 一九四二年 · 九月十二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1942-10-09

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1942-10-21

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1942-10-24

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1942-11-08

    In 18 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚戌

九月十二

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSeal openingsAvoid 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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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