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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 1858

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Lunar month 729Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 26, 1858

Lunar 一八五八年 · 八月二十

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. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1858-09-23

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1858-09-26

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1858-10-08

    In 12 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1858-10-24

    In 28 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

辛酉

八月二十

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelLift misfortuneFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCarvingConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamJoin roof ridges

Avoid

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

Build a templeInstall doorsFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

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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