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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 2014

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Lunar month 831Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 九月初七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2014-09-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2014-09-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    2014-10-08

    In 8 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2014-10-23

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸酉

九月初七

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessOpen a storehouseInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Favourable

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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