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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 1918

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Lunar month 71Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 823Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox24Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 8, 1918

Lunar 一九一八年 · 八月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. End of Heat

    Sat

    1918-08-24

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1918-09-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1918-09-24

    In 16 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1918-10-09

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 白露

Year cycle

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初四

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMarriageCapture

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBreak groundBreak ground for burialOpen for businessConstructionMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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