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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 1986

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 731Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 29, 1986

Lunar 一九八六年 · 八月廿六

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

    Tue

    1986-09-23

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1986-09-29

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1986-10-08

    In 9 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1986-10-24

    In 25 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿六

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialLevel roads

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove into a homeOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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