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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

Friday, October 26, 1866

Lunar 一八六六年 · 九月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1866-10-23

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1866-10-26

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1866-11-07

    In 12 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1866-11-22

    In 27 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十八

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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