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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 1869

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 729Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 17, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 八月十二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1869-09-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1869-09-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1869-09-23

    In 6 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1869-10-08

    In 21 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸酉

八月十二

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementInstall machineryMove the hearthRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialBreak groundBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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