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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 1890

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TODAY
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Lunar month 731Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 21, 1890

Lunar 一八九〇年 · 八月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    1890-09-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1890-09-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1890-09-23

    In 2 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1890-10-08

    In 17 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙酉

八月初八

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

BurialReceive livestockTravelFuneral processionTimber workPlantingBuild a templeBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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