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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 1997

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 731Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 5, 1997

Lunar 一九九七年 · 八月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    1997-08-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1997-09-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    1997-09-07

    In 2 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1997-09-23

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊申

八月初四

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateWelcome a household memberReceive livestockMend wallsSeal openingsPlantingAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageReceive wealthOffer prayersBurialConstructionOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementBreak groundRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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