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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 2025

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
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Lunar month 731Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Lunar 二〇二五年 · 七月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    2025-08-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2025-09-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    2025-09-07

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2025-09-23

    In 20 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲申

七月十二

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutBuild a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roads

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingOffer prayersBuild a bridgeBurialInstall doorsTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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