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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 2056

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 727Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox22Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 823Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew7Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 17, 2056

Lunar 二〇五六年 · 八月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Thu

    2056-09-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2056-09-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2056-09-22

    In 5 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sat

    2056-10-07

    In 20 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初八

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageInstall machineryDismantleBreak groundLay foundationsRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedConsecrateOpen for businessTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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