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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

Saturday, October 21, 1854

Lunar 一八五四年 · 八月三十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1854-10-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1854-10-24

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1854-11-08

    In 18 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

八月三十

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeMake an offeringAcquire propertyMend wallsSeal openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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