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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 2103

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 726Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 17, 2103

Lunar 二一〇三年 · 八月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    2103-09-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2103-09-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2103-09-23

    In 6 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2103-10-09

    In 22 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

辛酉

八月十七

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBathingMove the hearthTravelDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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