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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 1884

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 731Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox22Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 823Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 20, 1884

Lunar 一八八四年 · 八月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sun

    1884-09-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1884-09-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1884-09-22

    In 2 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1884-10-08

    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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸酉

八月初二

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelPut on mourning dressEnd mourning dressBathingFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

Break groundComing-of-age riteRelocateMove into a homeOpen for businessRaise pillarsRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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