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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 2136

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Lunar month 726Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 831Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 88Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox22Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 823Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 926Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 927Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 4, 2136

Lunar 二一三六年 · 八月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    2136-08-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2136-09-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    2136-09-07

    In 3 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2136-09-22

    In 18 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙申

八月初九

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet a bedPlantingMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a houseFuneral preparationBurialTimber workMove into a homeRelocateAcquire propertyReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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