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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 1858

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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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 29, 1858

Lunar 一八五八年 · 九月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1858-10-24

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1858-10-29

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1858-11-08

    In 10 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1858-11-22

    In 24 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬戌

九月廿三

Day cycle

乙未

沙中金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressHunting

Avoid

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

PlantingBreak groundBurialOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己丑)牛 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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