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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 1988

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
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

Sunday, September 25, 1988

Lunar 一九八八年 · 八月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Fri

    1988-09-23

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1988-09-25

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1988-10-08

    In 13 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1988-10-23

    In 28 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛酉

八月十五

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringErect a memorialTend a graveTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other 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

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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