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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 1826

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Lunar month 91Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew9Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 923Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent24Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1031Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 107Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter8Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 18, 1826

Lunar 一八二六年 · 九月十八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1826-10-09

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1826-10-18

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1826-10-24

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1826-11-08

    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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十八

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBathingRaise pillarsMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageDismantleMove into a home

Avoid

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

Build a stoveFuneral preparationBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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