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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 2118

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Lunar month 728Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 23, 2118

Lunar 二一一八年 · 八月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Thu

    2118-09-08

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2118-09-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    2118-10-08

    In 15 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2118-10-24

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 秋分

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初八

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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