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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 1917

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 726Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 2, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 七月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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. End of Heat

    Fri

    1917-08-24

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1917-09-02

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    1917-09-08

    In 6 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1917-09-23

    In 21 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊申

七月十六

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionRelocateBreak ground

Avoid

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

Build a houseConsecrateHaircutBuild a boatDig a wellBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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