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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 1859

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TODAY
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Lunar month 825Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1031Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 7, 1859

Lunar 一八五九年 · 九月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1859-09-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1859-10-07

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1859-10-09

    In 2 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1859-10-24

    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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸酉

九月十二

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneLay foundationsBreak groundDismantleRaise a roof beamErect a memorialTend a graveBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveMake an offeringMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthWelcome a household memberAcquire property

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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