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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 2205

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Lunar month 71Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 17, 2205

Lunar 二二〇五年 · 八月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sun

    2205-09-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2205-09-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    2205-09-23

    In 6 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2205-10-08

    In 21 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙酉

八月初四

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageInstall machineryDismantleBreak groundLay foundationsRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedConsecrateOpen for businessTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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