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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 2031

Select a date to view its almanac.

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Lunar month 731Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 2, 2031

Lunar 二〇三一年 · 七月十六

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

    2031-08-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2031-09-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    2031-09-08

    In 6 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2031-09-23

    In 21 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙申

七月十六

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersInstall machineryBuild a stoveReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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