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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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Thu
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Sat
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

Saturday, October 29, 1831

Lunar 一八三一年 · 九月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    1831-10-24

    Passed 5 days
  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1831-10-29

    Since the previous term: 5 days
  3. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1831-11-08

    In 10 days
  4. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1831-11-23

    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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊戌

九月廿四

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageCut garmentsComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedMake an offeringTravelSet a bedRelocateSeal openingsFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

Open for businessPlantingAcquire propertyLitigationInstall doorsDig a wellConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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