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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 1856

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Lunar month 828Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1031Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 6, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 九月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Tue

    1856-09-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1856-10-06

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1856-10-08

    In 2 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1856-10-23

    In 17 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁酉

九月初八

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelLift misfortuneFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCarvingConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamJoin roof ridges

Avoid

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

Build a templeInstall doorsFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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