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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 1854

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Lunar month 81Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 922Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 923Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingFrost Descent24Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter8Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, October 6, 1854

Lunar 一八五四年 · 八月十五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    1854-09-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1854-10-06

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1854-10-08

    In 2 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1854-10-24

    In 18 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸酉

八月十五

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementInstall machineryMove the hearthRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialBreak groundBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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