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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 1852

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TODAY
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Lunar month 826Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 28, 1852

Lunar 一八五二年 · 九月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1852-10-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1852-10-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1852-11-07

    In 10 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1852-11-22

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚戌

九月十六

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneHaircutTimber workMove the hearthDismantleRaise a roof beamJoin roof ridges

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialFuneral processionLitigationBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveBreak ground for burialBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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