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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 1836

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Lunar month 825Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 5, 1836

Lunar 一八三六年 · 八月廿五

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

    Fri

    1836-09-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1836-10-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1836-10-08

    In 3 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1836-10-23

    In 18 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿五

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialLevel roads

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove into a homeOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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