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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 2014

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 831Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 924Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 925Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 926Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew8Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 八月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    Mon

    2014-09-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2014-09-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2014-09-23

    In 7 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Wed

    2014-10-08

    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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸酉

八月廿三

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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