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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
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Wednesday, September 20, 1871

Lunar 一八七一年 · 八月初六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Fri

    1871-09-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1871-09-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1871-09-23

    In 3 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1871-10-09

    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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初六

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersRepair wallsLevel roadsFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeRaise a roof beamInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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