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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 2186

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TODAY
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Lunar month 727Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 5, 2186

Lunar 二一八六年 · 七月廿二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Wed

    2186-08-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2186-09-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    2186-09-07

    In 2 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2186-09-23

    In 18 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿二

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteCut garmentsVisit friends and familyReceive livestockAnimal husbandryInstall machinery

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTravelBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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