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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 1983

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 728Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 27, 1983

Lunar 一九八三年 · 八月廿一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Fri

    1983-09-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1983-09-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1983-10-09

    In 12 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1983-10-24

    In 27 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

辛酉

八月廿一

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMarriageCapture

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBreak groundBreak ground for burialOpen for businessConstructionMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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