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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
Mon
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

Wednesday, September 10, 1997

Lunar 一九九七年 · 八月初九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sun

    1997-09-07

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1997-09-10

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1997-09-23

    In 13 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1997-10-08

    In 28 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己酉

八月初九

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Visit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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