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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 2011

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 728Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 927Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Lunar 二〇一一年 · 八月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2011-09-23

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2011-09-25

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    2011-10-08

    In 13 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    2011-10-24

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿八

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringErect a memorialTend a graveTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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