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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 1842

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Lunar month 728Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 24, 1842

Lunar 一八四二年 · 八月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    1842-09-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1842-09-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1842-10-09

    In 15 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1842-10-24

    In 30 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己酉

八月二十

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteInstall machineryLift misfortuneReceive livestockAnimal husbandryBathingTimber workSet up a horse frameBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConsecrateOpen for businessMove into a homeBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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