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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 2196

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Leap lunar month 728Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 729Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 730Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 731Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 71Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 72Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 73Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 74Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 75Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 76Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 78Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 79Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 710Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 711Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 712Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 713Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 714Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 715Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 716Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 717Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 718Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 719Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 720Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 721Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox22Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 823Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew7Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 16, 2196

Lunar 二一九六年 · 闰七月廿四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    2196-09-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2196-09-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    2196-09-22

    In 6 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    2196-10-07

    In 21 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁酉

闰七月廿四

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelClean the homeAvoid 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

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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