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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 1839

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TODAY
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Thu
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Sat
Lunar month 71Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 823Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox24Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 2, 1839

Lunar 一八三九年 · 七月廿五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Sat

    1839-08-24

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1839-09-02

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    1839-09-08

    In 6 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1839-09-24

    In 22 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬申

七月廿五

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet a bedPlantingMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a houseFuneral preparationBurialTimber workMove into a homeRelocateAcquire propertyReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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