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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 1996

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 71Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 5, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 七月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1996-08-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1996-09-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    1996-09-07

    In 2 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1996-09-23

    In 18 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿三

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersInstall machineryBuild a stoveReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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