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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 2197

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 727Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox22Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 823Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 13, 2197

Lunar 二一九七年 · 八月初二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. White Dew

    Thu

    2197-09-07

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2197-09-13

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2197-09-22

    In 9 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    2197-10-08

    In 25 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己酉

八月初二

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardConsecrateTravelMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveFuneral processionHaircutBoat travelMarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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