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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

Monday, October 27, 1817

Lunar 一八一七年 · 九月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1817-10-24

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1817-10-27

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1817-11-08

    In 12 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    1817-11-22

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚戌

九月十七

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOpen for businessConsecrateTravelMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Receive livestockTimber workAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialTend a graveErect a memorial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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