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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 1981

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Lunar month 830Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 25, 1981

Lunar 一九八一年 · 八月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1981-09-23

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1981-09-25

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1981-10-08

    In 13 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1981-10-23

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿八

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteCaptureAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBuild a houseBuild roof beamsPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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