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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 1921

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TODAY
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Lunar month 728Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 6, 1921

Lunar 一九二一年 · 八月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. End of Heat

    Wed

    1921-08-24

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1921-09-06

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    1921-09-08

    In 2 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1921-09-23

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙申

八月初五

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneRaise pillarsMove into a home

Avoid

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

PlantingDig a wellBreak groundSet a bedBreak ground for burialAcquire property

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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