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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 2161

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Lunar month 730Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 23, 2161

Lunar 二一六一年 · 八月初五

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. White Dew

    Mon

    2161-09-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2161-09-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2161-10-08

    In 15 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2161-10-23

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 秋分

Year cycle

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初五

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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