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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 2183

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Lunar month 731Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 3, 2183

Lunar 二一八三年 · 七月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. End of Heat

    Sat

    2183-08-23

    Passed 11 days
  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2183-09-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days
  3. White Dew

    Sun

    2183-09-07

    In 4 days
  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2183-09-23

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚申

七月十七

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Repair wallsLevel roadsMake an offeringBathingBuild a stove

Avoid

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

MarriageLitigationTreat illnessAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsOffer prayersBurialPlantingTimber workInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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