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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 2160

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Lunar month 831Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 88Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox22Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 823Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 3, 2160

Lunar 二一六〇年 · 八月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. End of Heat

    Fri

    2160-08-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2160-09-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    2160-09-07

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    2160-09-22

    In 19 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲申

八月初四

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Repair wallsLevel roadsMake an offeringBathingBuild a stove

Avoid

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

MarriageLitigationTreat illnessAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsOffer prayersBurialPlantingTimber workInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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