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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 2156

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Lunar month 729Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox22Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 823Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 30, 2156

Lunar 二一五六年 · 八月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    2156-09-22

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2156-09-30

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Fri

    2156-10-08

    In 8 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2156-10-23

    In 23 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁酉

八月十六

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberBreak groundRaise a roof beamConsecrateSculpture and paintingComing-of-age riteDismantleLay foundations

Avoid

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

Lay foundation stonesBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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