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 2026
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Traditional almanac
The day at a glance
Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.
Year cycle
Zodiac · 马
Month cycle
八月初九
Day cycle
山下火
Day guardian
凶 · 闭
Favourable
Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.
Avoid
Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.
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
05:00–06:59
辛卯
07:00–08:59
壬辰
Favourable
09:00–10:59
癸巳
Favourable
11:00–12:59
甲午
13:00–14:59
乙未
Favourable
15:00–16:59
丙申
17:00–18:59
丁酉
19:00–20:59
戊戌
Favourable
21:00–22:59
己亥