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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 2108

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 726Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 20, 2108

Lunar 二一〇八年 · 八月十五

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

    Fri

    2108-09-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2108-09-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2108-09-23

    In 3 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Mon

    2108-10-08

    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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛酉

八月十五

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneMake netsHuntingFishingVisit friends and familyBegin studyMove a coffinTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessOffer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burialFuneral preparationBurialBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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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