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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 1861

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TODAY
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 829Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 23, 1861

Lunar 一八六一年 · 九月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1861-10-08

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1861-10-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1861-11-07

    In 15 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1861-11-22

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 霜降

Year cycle

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊戌

九月二十

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyInstall machineryReceive wealthAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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