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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 1852

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Lunar month 729Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 3, 1852

Lunar 一八五二年 · 七月二十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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. End of Heat

    Mon

    1852-08-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1852-09-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1852-09-07

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1852-09-23

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊申

七月二十

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Install machineryFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateUniversal blessing riteTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Move into a homeMarriageDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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