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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 1899

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Lunar month 727Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 9, 1899

Lunar 一八九九年 · 八月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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. End of Heat

    Wed

    1899-08-23

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1899-09-09

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1899-09-23

    In 14 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1899-10-08

    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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸酉

八月初五

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamConsecrate

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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