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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 1846

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Lunar month 730Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew9Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 23, 1846

Lunar 一八四六年 · 八月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. White Dew

    Tue

    1846-09-08

    Passed 15 days
  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1846-09-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days
  3. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1846-10-09

    In 16 days
  4. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1846-10-24

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 秋分

Year cycle

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初四

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSet an altarMove the hearthConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a templeBuild a bridgeBuild a boatBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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