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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 2173

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Lunar month 729Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox22Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 823Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 16, 2173

Lunar 二一七三年 · 八月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Tue

    2173-09-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2173-09-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    2173-09-22

    In 6 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    2173-10-08

    In 22 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初十

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelTimber workDismantleConstructionBreak groundRelocateBurialBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Dig a wellOffer prayersSet a bedOpen for businessMove into a homeHang a signboardConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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