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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

September 2010

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Lunar month 729Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Lunar 二〇一〇年 · 八月十二

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

    Wed

    2010-09-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2010-09-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    2010-09-23

    In 4 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    2010-10-08

    In 19 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙酉

八月十二

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageInstall machineryDismantleBreak groundLay foundationsRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedConsecrateOpen for businessTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

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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