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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 1860

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 830Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 921Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 922Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingFrost Descent23Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 2, 1860

Lunar 一八六〇年 · 八月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1860-09-23

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1860-10-02

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1860-10-08

    In 6 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1860-10-23

    In 21 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙酉

八月十八

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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