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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 1854

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Leap lunar month 727Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 728Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 729Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 730Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 731Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 71Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 72Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 73Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 74Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 75Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 76Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 77Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 79Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 710Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 711Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 712Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 713Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 714Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 715Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 716Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 717Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 718Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 719Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 720Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 721Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 17, 1854

Lunar 一八五四年 · 闰七月廿五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. White Dew

    Fri

    1854-09-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1854-09-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1854-09-23

    In 6 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1854-10-08

    In 21 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸酉

闰七月廿五

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringConsecrateTravelHaircutBuild roof beamsMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessDig a wellDig a channelBuild a bridgeBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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