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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 2016

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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

Friday, September 30, 2016

Lunar 二〇一六年 · 八月三十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    2016-09-22

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2016-09-30

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    2016-10-08

    In 8 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    2016-10-23

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁酉

八月三十

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Visit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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