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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 1862

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Leap lunar month 828Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 829Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 830Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 81Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 82Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 83Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 84Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 85Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 86Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 87Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 89Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 810Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 811Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 812Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 813Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 814Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 815Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 816Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 817Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 818Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 819Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 820Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 821Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 822Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent23Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 924Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 98Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 17, 1862

Lunar 一八六二年 · 闰八月廿四

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. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1862-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1862-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1862-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1862-11-07

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

寒露 → 霜降

Year cycle

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚戌

闰八月廿四

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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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