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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 2176

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Lunar month 71Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 88Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox22Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 823Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew7Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 18, 2176

Lunar 二一七六年 · 八月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    2176-09-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2176-09-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2176-09-22

    In 4 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Mon

    2176-10-07

    In 19 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁酉

八月十六

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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