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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 1951

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Lunar month 830Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew9Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1031Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 107Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter8Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 21, 1951

Lunar 一九五一年 · 九月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Tue

    1951-10-09

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1951-10-21

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1951-10-24

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1951-11-08

    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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊戌

九月廿一

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateOffer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseComing-of-age riteTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

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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