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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 1850

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TODAY
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Lunar month 829Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 923Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent24Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 107Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter8Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 21, 1850

Lunar 一八五〇年 · 九月十七

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. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1850-10-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1850-10-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1850-10-24

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1850-11-08

    In 18 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丙戌

九月十七

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyInstall machineryReceive wealthAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBurial

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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