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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 2025

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Lunar month 731Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Lunar 二〇二五年 · 八月初七

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. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2025-09-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2025-09-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    2025-10-08

    In 10 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2025-10-23

    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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙酉

八月初七

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeSet a bedTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

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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