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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 2171

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Lunar month 81Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 4, 2171

Lunar 二一七一年 · 八月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    2171-08-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2171-09-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    2171-09-08

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    2171-09-23

    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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙申

八月初五

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamSet a bedInstall doorsDig a channel

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveMove into a homeRelocatePlantingTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

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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