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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 2016

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TODAY
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Thu
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Sat
Lunar month 728Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox22Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 823Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 5, 2016

Lunar 二〇一六年 · 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

    2016-08-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2016-09-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    2016-09-07

    In 2 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    2016-09-22

    In 17 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙申

八月初五

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsTreat illnessAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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