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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 1885

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Lunar month 827Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 6, 1885

Lunar 一八八五年 · 八月廿八

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. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1885-09-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1885-10-06

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1885-10-08

    In 2 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1885-10-23

    In 17 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙酉

八月廿八

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringHaircutWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveMove a coffinComing-of-age riteVisit friends and family

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseDispatch goodsTimber workReceive livestockOpen for businessRaise a roof beamBuild a houseBreak ground for burialTomb-opening ritePlanting

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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