DestiniDaily Insight

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 2023

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 727Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 2, 2023

Lunar 二〇二三年 · 七月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. End of Heat

    Wed

    2023-08-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2023-09-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    2023-09-08

    In 6 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2023-09-23

    In 21 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚申

七月十八

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Repair wallsLevel roadsMake an offeringBathingBuild a stove

Avoid

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

MarriageLitigationTreat illnessAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsOffer prayersBurialPlantingTimber workInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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