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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 1949

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 923Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent24Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 28, 1949

Lunar 一九四九年 · 九月初七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1949-10-24

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1949-10-28

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1949-11-08

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1949-11-22

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲戌

九月初七

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBuild a templeMove the hearthInstall machineryVisit friends and familyOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

ConsecrateMarriageDig a wellTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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