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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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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

Saturday, October 7, 1820

Lunar 一八二〇年 · 九月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1820-10-07

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1820-10-08

    In 1 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1820-10-23

    In 16 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

九月初一

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageSet a bedOpen for businessMove into a homeVisit the sickRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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