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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.

September 1818

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Lunar month 730Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 823Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox24Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew9Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 4, 1818

Lunar 一八一八年 · 八月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. End of Heat

    Mon

    1818-08-24

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1818-09-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1818-09-08

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1818-09-24

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚申

八月初四

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateMake an offeringTravelHaircutBreak groundSet a bedRelease water

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRaise a roof beamFuneral preparationBuild a houseVisit the sickBuild a stoveInstall doorsBurialReceive livestockTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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