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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 1862

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Lunar month 831Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 824Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 825Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 826Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 827Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 828Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 829Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 830Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 81Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 82Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 83Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 84Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 85Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 86Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 87Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 89Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 810Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 811Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 29, 1862

Lunar 一八六二年 · 闰八月初六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1862-09-23

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1862-09-29

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1862-10-08

    In 9 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1862-10-23

    In 24 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

己酉

闰八月初六

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneHaircutGroom nailsBreak groundSet a bed

Avoid

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

Timber workFuneral processionBuild a stoveBuild roof beamsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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