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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 1820

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Lunar month 727Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 21, 1820

Lunar 一八二〇年 · 八月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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. White Dew

    Fri

    1820-09-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1820-09-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1820-09-23

    In 2 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1820-10-08

    In 17 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙酉

八月十五

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringLift misfortuneTravelConstructionBreak groundOpen for businessRaise a roof beamSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a templeFuneral processionBurialTimber workBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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