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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 1998

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 730Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 7, 1998

Lunar 一九九八年 · 七月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Sun

    1998-08-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1998-09-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1998-09-08

    In 1 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1998-09-23

    In 16 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚申

七月十七

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageHaircutTravelMove into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsSet an altarMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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