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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 1873

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Lunar month 828Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 9, 1873

Lunar 一八七三年 · 八月十八

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

    Tue

    1873-09-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1873-10-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1873-10-23

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1873-11-07

    In 29 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬戌

八月十八

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateOffer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseComing-of-age riteTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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