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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 1908

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 830Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 925Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 98Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 17, 1908

Lunar 一九〇八年 · 八月廿二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1908-09-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1908-09-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1908-09-23

    In 6 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1908-10-09

    In 22 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛酉

八月廿二

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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