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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 2011

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Lunar month 728Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 2, 2011

Lunar 二〇一一年 · 八月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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. End of Heat

    Tue

    2011-08-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2011-09-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    2011-09-08

    In 6 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2011-09-23

    In 21 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙申

八月初五

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsInstall doorsReceive wealthClean the homeTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveReceive livestockBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Set a bedBreak groundBurialPrepare a burial plotPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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