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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 2005

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Lunar month 728Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 9, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 八月初六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Wed

    2005-09-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2005-09-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2005-09-23

    In 14 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sat

    2005-10-08

    In 29 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙酉

八月初六

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteInstall machineryLift misfortuneReceive livestockAnimal husbandryBathingTimber workSet up a horse frameBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConsecrateOpen for businessMove into a homeBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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