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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 1877

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Lunar month 726Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 28, 1877

Lunar 一八七七年 · 八月廿二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    1877-09-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1877-09-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1877-10-08

    In 10 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1877-10-23

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己酉

八月廿二

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessOpen a storehouseInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

Favourable

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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