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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 1876

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Lunar month 81Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 1, 1876

Lunar 一八七六年 · 八月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1876-09-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1876-10-01

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1876-10-08

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1876-10-23

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁酉

八月十四

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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