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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 2097

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 71Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 88Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox22Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 823Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew7Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 9, 2097

Lunar 二〇九七年 · 八月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    2097-09-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2097-09-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2097-09-22

    In 13 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Mon

    2097-10-07

    In 28 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己酉

八月初四

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardReceive wealthPlantingWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageFuneral processionBreak groundBuild a stoveBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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