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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 2008

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Lunar month 831Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox22Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 823Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 八月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    2008-08-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2008-09-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    2008-09-07

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    2008-09-22

    In 19 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚申

八月初四

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelBreak groundSet a bedDig a wellBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild roof beamsInstall doorsTimber workConstructionRaise a roof beamFuneral preparationBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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