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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 2012

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 七月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Fri

    2012-09-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2012-09-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2012-09-22

    In 13 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Mon

    2012-10-08

    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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己酉

七月廿四

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelPut on mourning dressEnd mourning dressBathingFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

Break groundComing-of-age riteRelocateMove into a homeOpen for businessRaise pillarsRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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