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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 2216

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 71Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 16, 2216

Lunar 二二一六年 · 八月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    2216-09-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2216-09-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    2216-09-23

    In 7 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Tue

    2216-10-08

    In 22 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初四

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberBreak groundRaise a roof beamConsecrateSculpture and paintingComing-of-age riteDismantleLay foundations

Avoid

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

Lay foundation stonesBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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