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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
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Saturday, September 14, 1985

Lunar 一九八五年 · 七月三十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    1985-09-08

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1985-09-14

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1985-09-23

    In 9 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1985-10-08

    In 24 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙酉

七月三十

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSet an altarMove the hearthConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a templeBuild a bridgeBuild a boatBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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