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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 2178

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 730Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 8, 2178

Lunar 二一七八年 · 七月廿七

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. End of Heat

    Sun

    2178-08-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2178-09-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    2178-09-23

    In 15 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Thu

    2178-10-08

    In 30 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛酉

七月廿七

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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