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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
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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

Sunday, October 28, 1821

Lunar 一八二一年 · 十月初三

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. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1821-10-24

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1821-10-28

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1821-11-08

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1821-11-22

    In 25 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊戌

十月初三

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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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