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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 1843

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TODAY
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Lunar month 81Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 88Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 923Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent24Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 17, 1843

Lunar 一八四三年 · 八月廿四

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. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1843-10-09

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1843-10-17

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1843-10-24

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1843-11-08

    In 22 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬戌

八月廿四

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyBathingHaircutCut garmentsComing-of-age riteSet a bedEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeTravelMarriageTend a graveOffer prayersBreak groundInstall doorsThanksgiving riteRaise a roof beam

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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