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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 2159

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 726Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 12, 2159

Lunar 二一五九年 · 八月初一

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. White Dew

    Sat

    2159-09-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2159-09-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2159-09-23

    In 11 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Mon

    2159-10-08

    In 26 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸酉

八月初一

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyDismantleLay foundationsEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMove into a homeMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

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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