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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

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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 24, 2025

Lunar 二〇二五年 · 八月初三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sun

    2025-09-07

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2025-09-24

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    2025-10-08

    In 14 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    2025-10-23

    In 29 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙酉

八月初三

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteInstall machineryLift misfortuneReceive livestockAnimal husbandryBathingTimber workSet up a horse frameBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConsecrateOpen for businessMove into a homeBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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