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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

September 1909

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Lunar month 729Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 823Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox24Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew9Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 1, 1909

Lunar 一九〇九年 · 七月十七

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

    Tue

    1909-08-24

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1909-09-01

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    1909-09-08

    In 7 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1909-09-24

    In 23 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬申

七月十七

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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