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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 1897

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TODAY
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Lunar month 829Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 11, 1897

Lunar 一八九七年 · 八月十五

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

    Tue

    1897-09-07

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1897-09-11

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1897-09-23

    In 12 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1897-10-08

    In 27 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己酉

八月十五

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageInstall machineryDismantleBreak groundLay foundationsRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedConsecrateOpen for businessTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

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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