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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 1831

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TODAY
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Lunar month 825Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 923Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent24Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 2, 1831

Lunar 一八三一年 · 八月廿七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1831-09-24

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1831-10-02

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1831-10-09

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1831-10-24

    In 22 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿七

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteCaptureAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBuild a houseBuild roof beamsPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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