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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 1852

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Lunar month 826Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 3, 1852

Lunar 一八五二年 · 八月二十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Thu

    1852-09-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1852-10-03

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1852-10-08

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1852-10-23

    In 20 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己酉

八月二十

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringLift misfortuneTravelConstructionBreak groundOpen for businessRaise a roof beamSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a templeFuneral processionBurialTimber workBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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