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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 1848

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 727Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 26, 1848

Lunar 一八四八年 · 八月廿九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    1848-09-23

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1848-09-26

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1848-10-08

    In 12 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1848-10-23

    In 27 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛酉

八月廿九

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawVisit friends and familyEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinCapture

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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