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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 1866

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TODAY
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Lunar month 726Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 6, 1866

Lunar 一八六六年 · 七月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    1866-08-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1866-09-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    1866-09-08

    In 2 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1866-09-23

    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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿八

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringBathingUniversal blessing riteTravelReceive wealthClean the homeReceive livestockTake office

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burialSet a bedOpen a storehouseRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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