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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 1882

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 727Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 3, 1882

Lunar 一八八二年 · 七月廿一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. End of Heat

    Wed

    1882-08-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1882-09-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    1882-09-08

    In 5 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1882-09-23

    In 20 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊申

七月廿一

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersInstall machineryBuild a stoveReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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