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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

October 1858

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TODAY
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Lunar month 826Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 923Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent24Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 8, 1858

Lunar 一八五八年 · 九月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    1858-09-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1858-10-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1858-10-24

    In 16 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1858-11-08

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 寒露

Year cycle

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初二

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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