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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 1898

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 728Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 20, 1898

Lunar 一八九八年 · 八月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Wed

    1898-09-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1898-09-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1898-09-23

    In 3 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1898-10-08

    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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初五

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneHaircutGroom nailsBreak groundSet a bed

Avoid

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

Timber workFuneral processionBuild a stoveBuild roof beamsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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