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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 1926

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 729Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 823Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox24Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 20, 1926

Lunar 一九二六年 · 八月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. White Dew

    Wed

    1926-09-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1926-09-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1926-09-24

    In 4 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1926-10-09

    In 19 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁酉

八月十四

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageRelocateTravelRaise a roof beamMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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