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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 1850

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Lunar month 71Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 28, 1850

Lunar 一八五〇年 · 八月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Mon

    1850-09-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1850-09-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1850-10-08

    In 10 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1850-10-24

    In 26 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙酉

八月廿三

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberMarriageAcupunctureFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Visit the sickDig a channelBurialTimber workBuild a stoveMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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