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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

September 1901

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 71Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 823Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox24Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew9Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 21, 1901

Lunar 一九〇一年 · 八月初九

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

    Sun

    1901-09-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1901-09-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1901-09-24

    In 3 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1901-10-09

    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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初九

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

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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