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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 2204

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Lunar month 826Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 5, 2204

Lunar 二二〇四年 · 八月十一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    2204-08-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2204-09-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    2204-09-07

    In 2 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2204-09-23

    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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬申

八月十一

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationMove a coffinMake netsTomb-opening riteBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Avoid

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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