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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 2017

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 727Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 七月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    2017-09-07

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2017-09-10

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2017-09-23

    In 13 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    2017-10-08

    In 28 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己酉

七月二十

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeSet a bedTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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