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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 1914

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 730Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 823Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox24Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 88Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 9, 1914

Lunar 一九一四年 · 七月二十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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. End of Heat

    Mon

    1914-08-24

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1914-09-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1914-09-24

    In 15 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1914-10-09

    In 30 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸酉

七月二十

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringLift misfortuneTravelConstructionBreak groundOpen for businessRaise a roof beamSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a templeFuneral processionBurialTimber workBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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