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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 2208

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TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 728Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew8Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 3, 2208

Lunar 二二〇八年 · 七月廿三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. End of Heat

    Tue

    2208-08-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2208-09-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    2208-09-07

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2208-09-23

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚申

七月廿三

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutVisit friends and familySculpture and paintingConsecratePlantingAnimal husbandryMarriageMeridian therapyMend walls

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamSet a bedOpen a storehouseOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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