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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 2217

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TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 731Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 23, 2217

Lunar 二二一七年 · 八月廿二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Mon

    2217-09-08

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2217-09-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    2217-10-08

    In 15 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Fri

    2217-10-24

    In 31 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己酉

八月廿二

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardMake an offeringConsecrateWelcome a household memberMove into a homeSet a bedMove the hearth

Avoid

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

MarriageErect a memorialTravelTimber workBurialFuneral processionRelocateReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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