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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
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Thu
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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

Friday, September 25, 1885

Lunar 一八八五年 · 八月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Wed

    1885-09-23

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1885-09-25

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1885-10-08

    In 13 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1885-10-23

    In 28 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙酉

八月十七

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringErect a memorialTend a graveTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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