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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 2021

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Lunar month 729Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 5, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 七月廿九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. End of Heat

    Mon

    2021-08-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2021-09-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    2021-09-07

    In 2 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    2021-09-23

    In 18 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿九

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMove the hearthDismantleMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateTimber workBreak groundOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

PlantingBuild a stoveAcupunctureTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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