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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

September 1843

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Leap lunar month 727Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 728Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 729Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 730Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 731Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 71Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 72Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 73Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 74Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 75Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 76Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 77Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 79Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 710Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 711Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 712Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 713Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 714Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 715Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 716Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 717Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 718Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 719Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 720Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 721Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 722Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 723Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox24Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 30, 1843

Lunar 一八四三年 · 八月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1843-09-24

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1843-09-30

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1843-10-09

    In 9 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1843-10-24

    In 24 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初七

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneMake netsHuntingFishingVisit friends and familyBegin studyMove a coffinTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessOffer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burialFuneral preparationBurialBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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