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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 2028

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 727Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox22Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 823Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 23, 2028

Lunar 二〇二八年 · 八月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. White Dew

    Thu

    2028-09-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2028-09-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    2028-10-08

    In 15 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2028-10-23

    In 30 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初五

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementInstall machineryMove the hearthRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialBreak groundBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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