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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 1871

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TODAY
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Lunar month 727Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 7, 1871

Lunar 一八七一年 · 七月廿三

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. End of Heat

    Wed

    1871-08-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1871-09-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    1871-09-08

    In 1 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1871-09-23

    In 16 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿三

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid 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

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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