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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 1985

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 71Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 5, 1985

Lunar 一九八五年 · 七月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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. End of Heat

    Fri

    1985-08-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1985-09-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    1985-09-08

    In 3 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1985-09-23

    In 18 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲申

七月廿一

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionRelocateBreak ground

Avoid

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

Build a houseConsecrateHaircutBuild a boatDig a wellBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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