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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

October 1819

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TODAY
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Lunar month 826Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 88Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 9, 1819

Lunar 一八一九年 · 八月廿一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    1819-09-24

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1819-10-09

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1819-10-24

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1819-11-08

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 寒露

Year cycle

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲戌

八月廿一

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelCut garmentsComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersMarriageRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

Break groundTimber workBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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