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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

September 1851

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 831Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 825Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 826Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 827Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 828Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 829Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 830Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 81Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 82Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 83Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 84Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 85Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 86Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 87Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 88Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 810Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 811Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 24, 1851

Lunar 一八五一年 · 八月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Mon

    1851-09-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1851-09-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1851-10-09

    In 15 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1851-10-24

    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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿九

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringErect a memorialTend a graveTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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