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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 2020

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 730Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox22Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 823Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 11, 2020

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 七月廿四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Mon

    2020-09-07

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2020-09-11

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2020-09-22

    In 11 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2020-10-08

    In 27 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙酉

七月廿四

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecratePray for childrenCarvingMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurialPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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