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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 2166

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Lunar month 831Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 924Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 4, 2166

Lunar 二一六六年 · 八月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sat

    2166-08-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2166-09-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    2166-09-07

    In 3 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2166-09-23

    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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙申

八月初十

Day cycle

乙未

沙中金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBuild a stoveRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己丑)牛 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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