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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 1865

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TODAY
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Lunar month 727Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 29, 1865

Lunar 一八六五年 · 八月初十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1865-09-23

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1865-09-29

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1865-10-08

    In 9 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1865-10-23

    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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙酉

八月初十

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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