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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 2019

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Lunar month 81Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Lunar 二〇一九年 · 八月三十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Mon

    2019-09-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2019-09-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2019-10-08

    In 10 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2019-10-24

    In 26 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸酉

八月三十

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneMake a pactMarriageDismantleLay foundationsSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a bridgeComing-of-age riteBuild a houseDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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