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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 1885

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 730Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 6, 1885

Lunar 一八八五年 · 七月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    1885-08-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1885-09-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1885-09-07

    In 1 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1885-09-23

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲申

七月廿八

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenMove the hearthTravelConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Purification riteOpen for businessOpen a storehouseBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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