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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 2015

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 730Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Lunar 二〇一五年 · 八月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    2015-09-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2015-09-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    2015-09-23

    In 3 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2015-10-08

    In 18 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙酉

八月初八

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardReceive wealthPlantingWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageFuneral processionBreak groundBuild a stoveBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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