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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 2174

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Lunar month 828Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 26, 2174

Lunar 二一七四年 · 九月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Fri

    2174-09-23

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2174-09-26

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    2174-10-08

    In 12 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    2174-10-23

    In 27 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸酉

九月初一

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardReceive wealthPlantingWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageFuneral processionBreak groundBuild a stoveBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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