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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 2185

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Lunar month 828Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 831Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 88Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox22Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 823Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 924Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 3, 2185

Lunar 二一八五年 · 八月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Mon

    2185-08-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2185-09-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    2185-09-07

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    2185-09-22

    In 19 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲申

八月初十

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutVisit friends and familySculpture and paintingConsecratePlantingAnimal husbandryMarriageMeridian therapyMend walls

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamSet a bedOpen a storehouseOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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