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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 1912

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Lunar month 71Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew9Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 28, 1912

Lunar 一九一二年 · 八月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Mon

    1912-09-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1912-09-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1912-10-09

    In 11 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1912-10-24

    In 26 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己酉

八月十八

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneMake netsHuntingFishingVisit friends and familyBegin studyMove a coffinTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessOffer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burialFuneral preparationBurialBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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