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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 1895

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Lunar month 71Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 28, 1895

Lunar 一八九五年 · 八月初十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1895-09-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1895-09-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1895-10-08

    In 10 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1895-10-23

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙酉

八月初十

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneLay foundationsBreak groundDismantleRaise a roof beamErect a memorialTend a graveBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveMake an offeringMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthWelcome a household memberAcquire property

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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