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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 13, 1854

Lunar 一八五四年 · 八月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    1854-10-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1854-10-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1854-10-24

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1854-11-08

    In 26 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲戌

八月廿二

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOpen for businessConsecrateTravelMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Receive livestockTimber workAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialTend a graveErect a memorial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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