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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

September 2187

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Lunar month 726Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 5, 2187

Lunar 二一八七年 · 八月初三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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

    Thu

    2187-08-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2187-09-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    2187-09-07

    In 2 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2187-09-23

    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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊申

八月初三

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingComing-of-age riteMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberMeridian therapyCut garmentsPlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersOpen for businessBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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