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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 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

Friday, September 12, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 八月十四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Sun

    1856-09-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1856-09-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1856-09-23

    In 11 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1856-10-08

    In 26 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁酉

八月十四

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringLift misfortuneTravelConstructionBreak groundOpen for businessRaise a roof beamSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a templeFuneral processionBurialTimber workBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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