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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 2172

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Lunar month 730Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox22Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 823Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew7Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 4, 2172

Lunar 二一七二年 · 七月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    2172-08-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2172-09-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    2172-09-07

    In 3 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2172-09-22

    In 18 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊申

七月十七

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenSet an altarMove the hearthLift misfortuneTimber workMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellHaircutBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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