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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 1820

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TODAY
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Lunar month 81Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 5, 1820

Lunar 一八二〇年 · 八月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Sat

    1820-09-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1820-10-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1820-10-08

    In 3 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1820-10-23

    In 18 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙酉

八月廿九

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageRelocateTravelRaise a roof beamMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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