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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 1868

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 730Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 19, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 八月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. White Dew

    Mon

    1868-09-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1868-09-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1868-09-23

    In 4 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1868-10-08

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

白露 → 秋分

Year cycle

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初四

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Coming-of-age riteBathingTravelConstructionBreak groundRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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