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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 2199

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Lunar month 71Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 23, 2199

Lunar 二一九九年 · 八月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sat

    2199-09-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2199-09-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2199-10-08

    In 15 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    2199-10-23

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 秋分

Year cycle

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸酉

八月初四

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneMake netsHuntingFishingVisit friends and familyBegin studyMove a coffinTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessOffer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burialFuneral preparationBurialBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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