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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 1894

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 726Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 1, 1894

Lunar 一八九四年 · 八月初二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. End of Heat

    Thu

    1894-08-23

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1894-09-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    1894-09-08

    In 7 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1894-09-23

    In 22 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬申

八月初二

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelBreak groundSet a bedDig a wellBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild roof beamsInstall doorsTimber workConstructionRaise a roof beamFuneral preparationBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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