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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.

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

Wednesday, September 9, 1818

Lunar 一八一八年 · 八月初九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1818-09-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1818-09-24

    In 15 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1818-10-09

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

白露 → 秋分

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初九

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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