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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 1842

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TODAY
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Lunar month 825Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew9Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 923Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent24Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 3, 1842

Lunar 一八四二年 · 八月廿九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1842-09-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1842-10-03

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1842-10-09

    In 6 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1842-10-24

    In 21 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己酉

八月廿九

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

BurialReceive livestockTravelFuneral processionTimber workPlantingBuild a templeBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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