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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 1896

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Lunar month 730Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox22Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 823Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 26, 1896

Lunar 一八九六年 · 八月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Tue

    1896-09-22

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1896-09-26

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1896-10-08

    In 12 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1896-10-23

    In 27 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁酉

八月二十

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberMarriageAcupunctureFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Visit the sickDig a channelBurialTimber workBuild a stoveMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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