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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 1996

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

Saturday, September 14, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 八月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Sat

    1996-09-07

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1996-09-14

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1996-09-23

    In 9 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1996-10-08

    In 24 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初二

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageSet a bedOpen for businessMove into a homeVisit the sickRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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