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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 1821

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 726Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 20, 1821

Lunar 一八二一年 · 八月廿五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. White Dew

    Sat

    1821-09-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1821-09-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1821-09-23

    In 3 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1821-10-08

    In 18 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿五

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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