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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 1888

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 726Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox22Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 823Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 12, 1888

Lunar 一八八八年 · 八月初七

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

    Fri

    1888-09-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1888-09-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1888-09-22

    In 10 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1888-10-08

    In 26 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初七

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneHaircutGroom nailsBreak groundSet a bed

Avoid

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

Timber workFuneral processionBuild a stoveBuild roof beamsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

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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