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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 1849

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Lunar month 830Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 12, 1849

Lunar 一八四九年 · 八月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1849-10-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1849-10-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1849-10-23

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1849-11-07

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

寒露 → 霜降

Year cycle

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲戌

八月廿六

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBuild a templeMove the hearthInstall machineryVisit friends and familyOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

ConsecrateMarriageDig a wellTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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