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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 1935

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TODAY
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 81Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 823Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox24Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew9Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, September 17, 1935

Lunar 一九三五年 · 八月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1935-09-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1935-09-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1935-09-24

    In 7 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1935-10-09

    In 22 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

乙亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙酉

八月二十

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteInstall machineryLift misfortuneReceive livestockAnimal husbandryBathingTimber workSet up a horse frameBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConsecrateOpen for businessMove into a homeBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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