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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

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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

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 七月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. White Dew

    Mon

    2020-09-07

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2020-09-15

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2020-09-22

    In 7 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2020-10-08

    In 23 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

七月廿八

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelBathingTradeClean the homeTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBuild a stoveFuneral processionBurialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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