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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 1863

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 730Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 20, 1863

Lunar 一八六三年 · 八月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Tue

    1863-09-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1863-09-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1863-09-23

    In 3 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1863-10-09

    In 19 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初八

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberMarriageAcupunctureFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Visit the sickDig a channelBurialTimber workBuild a stoveMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

Avoid

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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