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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 25, 1950

Lunar 一九五〇年 · 九月十五

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

    Mon

    1950-10-09

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1950-10-25

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1950-11-08

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1950-11-23

    In 29 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙戌

九月十五

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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