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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 2116

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Lunar month 730Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 27, 2116

Lunar 二一一六年 · 八月廿一

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. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    2116-09-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2116-09-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2116-10-08

    In 11 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2116-10-23

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿一

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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