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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 1864

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1031Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, October 1, 1864

Lunar 一八六四年 · 九月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1864-09-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1864-10-01

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1864-10-08

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1864-10-23

    In 22 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸酉

九月初一

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardReceive wealthPlantingWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageFuneral processionBreak groundBuild a stoveBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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