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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 1873

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 731Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 15, 1873

Lunar 一八七三年 · 七月廿四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Sun

    1873-09-07

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1873-09-15

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1873-09-23

    In 8 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1873-10-08

    In 23 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛酉

七月廿四

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawVisit friends and familyEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinCapture

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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