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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 1834

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TODAY
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Lunar month 828Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew9Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 923Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent24Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 107Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter8Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 20, 1834

Lunar 一八三四年 · 九月十八

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. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1834-10-09

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1834-10-20

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1834-10-24

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1834-11-08

    In 19 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲戌

九月十八

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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