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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 1864

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Lunar month 728Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 6, 1864

Lunar 一八六四年 · 八月初六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. End of Heat

    Tue

    1864-08-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1864-09-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    1864-09-07

    In 1 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1864-09-23

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬申

八月初六

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutVisit friends and familySculpture and paintingConsecratePlantingAnimal husbandryMarriageMeridian therapyMend walls

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamSet a bedOpen a storehouseOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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