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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 1876

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TODAY
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Lunar month 727Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 23, 1876

Lunar 一八七六年 · 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

    Thu

    1876-09-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1876-09-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1876-10-08

    In 15 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1876-10-23

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 秋分

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初六

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringHaircutWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveMove a coffinComing-of-age riteVisit friends and family

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseDispatch goodsTimber workReceive livestockOpen for businessRaise a roof beamBuild a houseBreak ground for burialTomb-opening ritePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

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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