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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

Tuesday, October 27, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 九月十二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1868-10-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1868-10-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1868-11-07

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1868-11-22

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬戌

九月十二

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenAcquire propertySeek medical careTreat illnessOpen for business

Avoid

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

Build a templeBuild a boatBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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