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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

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

Friday, October 30, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 十月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1840-10-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1840-10-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1840-11-07

    In 8 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1840-11-22

    In 23 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙戌

十月初六

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneRaise a roof beamMove into a homeRelocateSet a bed

Avoid

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

Timber workFuneral processionBreak ground for burialMarriageBurialDig a channel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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