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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 2012

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Lunar month 726Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox22Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 823Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 七月廿一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    2012-08-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2012-09-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    2012-09-07

    In 1 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2012-09-22

    In 16 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊申

七月廿一

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateMake an offeringTravelHaircutBreak groundSet a bedRelease water

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRaise a roof beamFuneral preparationBuild a houseVisit the sickBuild a stoveInstall doorsBurialReceive livestockTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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