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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 1843

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 81Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 88Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 7, 1843

Lunar 一八四三年 · 八月十四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sun

    1843-09-24

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1843-10-07

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1843-10-09

    In 2 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1843-10-24

    In 17 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛酉

八月十四

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageSet a bedOpen for businessMove into a homeVisit the sickRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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