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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 2165

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TODAY
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Lunar month 71Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox22Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 823Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 20, 2165

Lunar 二一六五年 · 八月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    2165-09-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2165-09-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2165-09-22

    In 2 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2165-10-08

    In 18 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙酉

八月十六

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteCaptureAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBuild a houseBuild roof beamsPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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