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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 1838

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Lunar month 830Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew9Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 918Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 919Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 920Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 921Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 923Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent24Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter8Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 25, 1838

Lunar 一八三八年 · 九月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    1838-10-09

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1838-10-25

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1838-11-08

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1838-11-23

    In 29 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初八

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalTravelOpen for businessMake an offeringOffer prayersBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Purification riteInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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