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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 1990

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 830Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 923Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent24Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter8Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 16, 1990

Lunar 一九九〇年 · 八月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1990-10-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1990-10-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1990-10-24

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1990-11-08

    In 23 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙戌

八月廿八

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationBreak ground for burialBurialTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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