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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 1988

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 728Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 2, 1988

Lunar 一九八八年 · 七月廿二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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. End of Heat

    Tue

    1988-08-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1988-09-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    1988-09-07

    In 5 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1988-09-23

    In 21 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚申

七月廿二

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsInstall doorsReceive wealthClean the homeTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveReceive livestockBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Set a bedBreak groundBurialPrepare a burial plotPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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