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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 2106

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Lunar month 829Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 20, 2106

Lunar 二一〇六年 · 八月廿三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Wed

    2106-09-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2106-09-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    2106-09-23

    In 3 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    2106-10-08

    In 18 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿三

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteInstall machineryLift misfortuneReceive livestockAnimal husbandryBathingTimber workSet up a horse frameBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConsecrateOpen for businessMove into a homeBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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