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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 1889

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TODAY
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Lunar month 81Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 23, 1889

Lunar 一八八九年 · 八月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1889-09-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1889-09-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1889-10-08

    In 15 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1889-10-23

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 秋分

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸酉

八月廿九

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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