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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 1866

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Lunar month 830Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsFrost Descent23Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 924Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 925Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 11, 1866

Lunar 一八六六年 · 九月初三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Mon

    1866-10-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1866-10-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1866-10-23

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1866-11-07

    In 27 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初三

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringBuild a stoveReceive wealth

Avoid

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

BurialOpen for businessTend a graveErect a memorial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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