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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 1878

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Lunar month 81Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 926Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 9, 1878

Lunar 一八七八年 · 八月十三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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. End of Heat

    Fri

    1878-08-23

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1878-09-09

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1878-09-23

    In 14 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1878-10-08

    In 29 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛酉

八月十三

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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