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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

October 1855

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 830Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 923Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent24Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter8Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 4, 1855

Lunar 一八五五年 · 八月廿四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1855-09-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1855-10-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1855-10-09

    In 5 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1855-10-24

    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

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙酉

八月廿四

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageSet a bedOpen for businessMove into a homeVisit the sickRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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