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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

Monday, September 19, 1881

Lunar 一八八一年 · 闰七月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. White Dew

    Wed

    1881-09-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1881-09-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1881-09-23

    In 4 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1881-10-08

    In 19 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

闰七月廿六

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSet an altarMove the hearthConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a templeBuild a bridgeBuild a boatBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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