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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 1857

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TODAY
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Lunar month 730Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 24, 1857

Lunar 一八五七年 · 八月初七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1857-09-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1857-09-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1857-10-08

    In 14 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1857-10-23

    In 29 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己酉

八月初七

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Visit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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