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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 2105

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 730Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 4, 2105

Lunar 二一〇五年 · 七月廿六

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

    Sun

    2105-08-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2105-09-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    2105-09-08

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    2105-09-23

    In 19 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲申

七月廿六

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutBuild a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roads

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingOffer prayersBuild a bridgeBurialInstall doorsTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

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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