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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 1874

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TODAY
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Lunar month 827Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 10, 1874

Lunar 一八七四年 · 九月初一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    1874-10-08

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1874-10-10

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1874-10-23

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1874-11-07

    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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲戌

九月初一

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateAcupunctureVisit friends and familyTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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