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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 1916

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TODAY
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Lunar month 727Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 30, 1916

Lunar 一九一六年 · 九月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    1916-09-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1916-09-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1916-10-08

    In 8 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1916-10-24

    In 24 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁酉

九月初四

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawVisit friends and familyEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinCapture

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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