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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 1846

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Lunar month 827Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew9Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 923Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent24Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 9, 1846

Lunar 一八四六年 · 八月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    1846-09-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1846-10-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1846-10-24

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1846-11-08

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 寒露

Year cycle

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊戌

八月二十

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateTravelMarriageSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak ground

Avoid

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

Install doorsSet a bedCut garmentsMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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