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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 1840

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Lunar month 830Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 5, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 八月初十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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. End of Heat

    Sun

    1840-08-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1840-09-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1840-09-07

    In 2 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1840-09-23

    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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲申

八月初十

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenSet an altarMove the hearthLift misfortuneTimber workMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellHaircutBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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