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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 1989

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 727Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 7, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 八月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. End of Heat

    Wed

    1989-08-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1989-09-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1989-09-23

    In 16 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1989-10-08

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 白露

Year cycle

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸酉

八月初八

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawVisit friends and familyEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinCapture

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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