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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 2004

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 729Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 20, 2004

Lunar 二〇〇四年 · 八月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    2004-09-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2004-09-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    2004-09-23

    In 3 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    2004-10-08

    In 18 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸酉

八月初七

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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