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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 1931

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 730Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 823Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox24Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 4, 1931

Lunar 一九三一年 · 七月廿二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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

    Mon

    1931-08-24

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1931-09-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1931-09-08

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1931-09-24

    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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿二

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet an altarMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Timber workThanksgiving riteFuneral processionMake an offeringBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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