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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 1839

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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

Friday, September 6, 1839

Lunar 一八三九年 · 七月廿九

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. End of Heat

    Sat

    1839-08-24

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1839-09-06

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    1839-09-08

    In 2 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1839-09-24

    In 18 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

七月廿九

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet an altarMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Timber workThanksgiving riteFuneral processionMake an offeringBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialOffer prayers

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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