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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 2200

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Lunar month 731Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 18, 2200

Lunar 二二〇〇年 · 八月初十

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

    Mon

    2200-09-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2200-09-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2200-09-23

    In 5 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Wed

    2200-10-08

    In 20 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙酉

八月初十

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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