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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 1853

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 825Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 922Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent23Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 924Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 27, 1853

Lunar 一八五三年 · 九月廿五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1853-10-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1853-10-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1853-11-07

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1853-11-22

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬戌

九月廿五

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateDig a wellHaircutTimber workTradeOpen for businessBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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