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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 1921

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Saturday, September 17, 1921

Lunar 一九二一年 · 八月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. 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

    Thu

    1921-09-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1921-09-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1921-09-23

    In 6 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1921-10-09

    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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丁酉

八月十六

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringErect a memorialTend a graveTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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