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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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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

Sunday, September 29, 1839

Lunar 一八三九年 · 八月廿二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1839-09-24

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1839-09-29

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1839-10-09

    In 10 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1839-10-24

    In 25 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸酉

八月廿二

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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