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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 1868

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Lunar month 827Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, October 5, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 八月二十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1868-09-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1868-10-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1868-10-08

    In 3 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1868-10-23

    In 18 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛酉

八月二十

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersRepair wallsLevel roadsFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeRaise a roof beamInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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