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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 1851

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Leap lunar month 828Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 829Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 830Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 81Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 82Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 83Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 84Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 85Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 86Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 87Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 88Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 810Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 811Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 812Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 813Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 814Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 815Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 816Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 817Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 818Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 819Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 820Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 821Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 822Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 823Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 13, 1851

Lunar 一八五一年 · 闰八月十九

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. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1851-10-09

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1851-10-13

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1851-10-24

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1851-11-08

    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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊戌

闰八月十九

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

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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