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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 1856

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TODAY
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Lunar month 831Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 1, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 八月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    1856-08-23

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1856-09-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    1856-09-07

    In 6 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1856-09-23

    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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙申

八月初三

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelBathingMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocateReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageInstall doorsBreak groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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