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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 1870

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Lunar month 828Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 925Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 3, 1870

Lunar 一八七〇年 · 八月初八

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. End of Heat

    Tue

    1870-08-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1870-09-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    1870-09-08

    In 5 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1870-09-23

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲申

八月初八

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

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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