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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 2024

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 71Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox22Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 823Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 30, 2024

Lunar 二〇二四年 · 八月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2024-09-22

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2024-09-30

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2024-10-08

    In 8 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    2024-10-23

    In 23 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸酉

八月廿八

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelBathingClean the homeBurialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialAcquire propertyDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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