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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

September 1920

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Lunar month 729Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 16, 1920

Lunar 一九二〇年 · 八月初五

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. White Dew

    Wed

    1920-09-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1920-09-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1920-09-23

    In 7 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1920-10-08

    In 22 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙酉

八月初五

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBathingMove the hearthTravelDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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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