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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 1848

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TODAY
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Lunar month 91Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent23Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1031Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 1, 1848

Lunar 一八四八年 · 九月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1848-09-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1848-10-01

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1848-10-08

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1848-10-23

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛酉

九月初五

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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