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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 1839

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Lunar month 829Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 923Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent24Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 107Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter8Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 20, 1839

Lunar 一八三九年 · 九月十四

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

    Wed

    1839-10-09

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1839-10-20

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1839-10-24

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1839-11-08

    In 19 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲戌

九月十四

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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