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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 1834

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Lunar month 731Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew9Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 4, 1834

Lunar 一八三四年 · 八月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    1834-08-24

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1834-09-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1834-09-08

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1834-09-23

    In 19 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

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageCut garmentsBreak groundSet a bedRelease waterOpen for business

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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