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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 1844

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 829Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, October 16, 1844

Lunar 一八四四年 · 九月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1844-10-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1844-10-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1844-10-23

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1844-11-07

    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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲戌

九月初五

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyInstall doorsSet a bedMeridian therapyReceive wealthAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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