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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 2001

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 726Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 18, 2001

Lunar 二〇〇一年 · 八月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Fri

    2001-09-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2001-09-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2001-09-23

    In 5 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Mon

    2001-10-08

    In 20 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初二

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelTimber workDismantleConstructionBreak groundRelocateBurialBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Dig a wellOffer prayersSet a bedOpen for businessMove into a homeHang a signboardConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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