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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 1950

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Lunar month 81Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 923Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent24Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter8Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 11, 1950

Lunar 一九五〇年 · 九月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1950-10-09

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1950-10-11

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1950-10-24

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1950-11-08

    In 28 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙戌

九月初一

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak ground for burialDig a wellPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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