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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 1987

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 730Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 23, 1987

Lunar 一九八七年 · 八月初一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1987-09-08

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1987-09-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1987-10-09

    In 16 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1987-10-24

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 秋分

Year cycle

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己酉

八月初一

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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