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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

October 1829

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Lunar month 827Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 923Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent24Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 8, 1829

Lunar 一八二九年 · 九月十一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    1829-09-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1829-10-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1829-10-24

    In 16 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1829-11-07

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 寒露

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲戌

九月十一

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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