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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 1840

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Lunar month 927Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1031Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 20, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 九月廿五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1840-10-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1840-10-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1840-10-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1840-11-07

    In 18 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙戌

九月廿五

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthVisit friends and familyConsecrateHaircutFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveMove the hearthTravelMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedOffer prayersRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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