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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 1824

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Leap lunar month 729Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 730Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 731Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 71Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 72Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 73Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 74Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 75Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 76Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 77Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 79Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 710Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 711Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 712Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 713Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 714Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 715Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 716Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 717Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 718Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 719Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 720Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 721Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 722Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 24, 1824

Lunar 一八二四年 · 八月初二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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

    Wed

    1824-09-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1824-09-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1824-10-08

    In 14 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1824-10-23

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸酉

八月初二

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelLift misfortuneFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCarvingConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamJoin roof ridges

Avoid

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

Build a templeInstall doorsFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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