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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 1863

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Lunar month 827Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 922Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 923Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationFrost Descent24Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, October 18, 1863

Lunar 一八六三年 · 九月初六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    1863-10-09

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1863-10-18

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1863-10-24

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1863-11-08

    In 21 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬戌

九月初六

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelCut garmentsComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersMarriageRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

Break groundTimber workBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

Favourable

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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