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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 1879

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Lunar month 731Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 25, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 八月初十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1879-09-23

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1879-09-25

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1879-10-09

    In 14 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1879-10-24

    In 29 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

癸酉

八月初十

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementInstall machineryMove the hearthRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialBreak groundBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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