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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 2003

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 831Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 926Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 98Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Lunar 二〇〇三年 · 八月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. White Dew

    Mon

    2003-09-08

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2003-09-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2003-10-09

    In 16 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2003-10-24

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 秋分

Year cycle

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

辛酉

八月廿七

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardReceive wealthPlantingWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageFuneral processionBreak groundBuild a stoveBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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