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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 1864

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
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

Friday, October 14, 1864

Lunar 一八六四年 · 九月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    1864-10-08

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1864-10-14

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1864-10-23

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1864-11-07

    In 24 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲戌

九月十四

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthVisit friends and familyConsecrateHaircutFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveMove the hearthTravelMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedOffer prayersRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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