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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 1865

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 81Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseFrost Descent23Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, October 17, 1865

Lunar 一八六五年 · 八月廿八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    1865-10-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1865-10-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1865-10-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1865-11-07

    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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙戌

八月廿八

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneMove the hearthWelcome a household memberOpen for business

Avoid

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

Set a bedBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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