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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 1985

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TODAY
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Thu
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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

Monday, September 30, 1985

Lunar 一九八五年 · 八月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    1985-09-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1985-09-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1985-10-08

    In 8 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1985-10-23

    In 23 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙酉

八月十六

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageInstall machineryDismantleBreak groundLay foundationsRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedConsecrateOpen for businessTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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