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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 2189

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Lunar month 730Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox22Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 823Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 30, 2189

Lunar 二一八九年 · 八月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    2189-09-22

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2189-09-30

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2189-10-08

    In 8 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2189-10-23

    In 23 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸酉

八月廿一

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelLift misfortuneFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCarvingConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamJoin roof ridges

Avoid

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

Build a templeInstall doorsFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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