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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 1859

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Lunar month 828Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 831Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 15, 1859

Lunar 一八五九年 · 八月十九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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

    Thu

    1859-09-08

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1859-09-15

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1859-09-23

    In 8 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1859-10-09

    In 24 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸酉

八月十九

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSet an altarMove the hearthConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a templeBuild a bridgeBuild a boatBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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