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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

Wednesday, September 29, 2173

Lunar 二一七三年 · 八月廿三

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. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    2173-09-22

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2173-09-29

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Fri

    2173-10-08

    In 9 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2173-10-23

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛酉

八月廿三

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelBathingClean the homeBurialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialAcquire propertyDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

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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