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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 1893

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 727Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 20, 1893

Lunar 一八九三年 · 八月十一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    Thu

    1893-09-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1893-09-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1893-09-23

    In 3 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1893-10-08

    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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛酉

八月十一

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteMarriageTimber workSet up a horse frameSet roof-post openingsConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Make an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateOpen for businessSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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