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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

Sunday, September 16, 2159

Lunar 二一五九年 · 八月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. White Dew

    Sat

    2159-09-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2159-09-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2159-09-23

    In 7 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Mon

    2159-10-08

    In 22 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

八月初五

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawVisit friends and familyEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinCapture

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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