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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 2096

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TODAY
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Lunar month 726Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew6Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox22Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 823Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 20, 2096

Lunar 二〇九六年 · 八月初五

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. White Dew

    Thu

    2096-09-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2096-09-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2096-09-22

    In 2 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    2096-10-07

    In 17 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初五

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

BurialReceive livestockTravelFuneral processionTimber workPlantingBuild a templeBuild a bridge

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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