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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 1881

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TODAY
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Leap lunar month 728Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 729Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 730Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 731Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 71Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 72Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 73Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 74Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 75Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 76Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 78Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 79Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 710Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 711Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 712Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 713Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 714Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 715Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 716Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 717Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 718Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 719Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 720Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 721Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 722Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 8, 1881

Lunar 一八八一年 · 闰七月十五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1881-08-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1881-09-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1881-09-23

    In 15 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1881-10-08

    In 30 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

闰七月十五

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

BurialReceive livestockTravelFuneral processionTimber workPlantingBuild a templeBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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