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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 1917

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 726Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 21, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 八月初六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Sat

    1917-09-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1917-09-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1917-09-23

    In 2 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1917-10-09

    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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己酉

八月初六

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyDismantleLay foundationsEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMove into a homeMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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