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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 1848

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TODAY
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Lunar month 91Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1031Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 5, 1848

Lunar 一八四八年 · 九月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    1848-09-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1848-10-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1848-10-08

    In 3 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1848-10-23

    In 18 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛酉

九月初九

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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