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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

September 2026

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Lunar month 730Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Lunar 二〇二六年 · 八月初七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    2026-09-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2026-09-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    2026-09-23

    In 6 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2026-10-08

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

白露 → 秋分

Year cycle

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初七

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringHaircutWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveMove a coffinComing-of-age riteVisit friends and family

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseDispatch goodsTimber workReceive livestockOpen for businessRaise a roof beamBuild a houseBreak ground for burialTomb-opening ritePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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