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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 1872

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Lunar month 71Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 28, 1872

Lunar 一八七二年 · 八月廿六

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. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1872-09-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1872-09-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1872-10-08

    In 10 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1872-10-23

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己酉

八月廿六

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneLay foundationsBreak groundDismantleRaise a roof beamErect a memorialTend a graveBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveMake an offeringMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthWelcome a household memberAcquire property

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

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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