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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 1880

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Lunar month 729Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 30, 1880

Lunar 一八八〇年 · 八月廿六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1880-09-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1880-09-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1880-10-08

    In 8 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1880-10-23

    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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙酉

八月廿六

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelLift misfortuneFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCarvingConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamJoin roof ridges

Avoid

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

Build a templeInstall doorsFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

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

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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