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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 2208

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TODAY
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Thu
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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 17, 2208

Lunar 二二〇八年 · 八月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Wed

    2208-09-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2208-09-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2208-09-23

    In 6 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sat

    2208-10-08

    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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初七

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

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.

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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