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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 1886

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Lunar month 829Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 20, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 八月廿三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    1886-09-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1886-09-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1886-09-23

    In 3 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1886-10-08

    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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿三

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringErect a memorialTend a graveTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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