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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 1817

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Lunar month 828Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter8Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 2, 1817

Lunar 一八一七年 · 八月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1817-09-23

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1817-10-02

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1817-10-08

    In 6 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1817-10-24

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己酉

八月廿二

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthHang a signboardPlantingMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak ground for burialWelcome a household memberTravelMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthReceive livestockLitigationBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Favourable

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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