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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 1986

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 731Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 25, 1986

Lunar 一九八六年 · 八月廿二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1986-09-23

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1986-09-25

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1986-10-08

    In 13 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1986-10-24

    In 29 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿二

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageInstall machineryDismantleBreak groundLay foundationsRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedConsecrateOpen for businessTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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