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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

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
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Tue
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Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 七月廿二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Thu

    2017-09-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2017-09-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2017-09-23

    In 11 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    2017-10-08

    In 26 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

七月廿二

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsInstall doorsAnimal husbandryBurialTend a grave

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeRelocateOffer prayersMake an offeringSet a bedOpen for businessMarriageVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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