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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 1929

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Lunar month 71Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew9Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 20, 1929

Lunar 一九二九年 · 八月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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. White Dew

    Sun

    1929-09-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1929-09-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1929-09-23

    In 3 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1929-10-09

    In 19 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸酉

八月十八

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneMake a pactMarriageDismantleLay foundationsSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a bridgeComing-of-age riteBuild a houseDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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