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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
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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 19, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 八月初七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. 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. White Dew

    Sat

    1996-09-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1996-09-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1996-09-23

    In 4 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1996-10-08

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

白露 → 秋分

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初七

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringUniversal blessing riteLift misfortuneVisit friends and familyCaptureHuntingTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffin

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBreak groundDig a wellDig a pondBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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