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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 2188

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Lunar month 731Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox22Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 823Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew7Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 30, 2188

Lunar 二一八八年 · 八月初十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    2188-09-22

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2188-09-30

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2188-10-07

    In 7 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    2188-10-22

    In 22 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初十

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecratePray for childrenCarvingMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurialPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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