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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 1855

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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

Saturday, October 20, 1855

Lunar 一八五五年 · 九月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Tue

    1855-10-09

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1855-10-20

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1855-10-24

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1855-11-08

    In 19 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

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙戌

九月初十

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrate

Avoid

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

Visit the sickReceive livestockTimber workLay foundationsBuild roof beamsBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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