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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 1874

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Lunar month 730Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 4, 1874

Lunar 一八七四年 · 七月廿四

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. End of Heat

    Sun

    1874-08-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1874-09-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1874-09-08

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1874-09-23

    In 19 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬申

七月廿四

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenMove the hearthTravelConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Purification riteOpen for businessOpen a storehouseBuild a stoveBuild a boat

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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