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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 1821

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 930Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 18, 1821

Lunar 一八二一年 · 九月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1821-10-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1821-10-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1821-10-24

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1821-11-08

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

寒露 → 霜降

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊戌

九月廿三

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrate

Avoid

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

Visit the sickReceive livestockTimber workLay foundationsBuild roof beamsBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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