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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 1860

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 726Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 30, 1860

Lunar 一八六〇年 · 八月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1860-09-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1860-09-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1860-10-08

    In 8 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1860-10-23

    In 23 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙酉

八月十六

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBathingMove the hearthTravelDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

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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