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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 1936

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 730Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 7, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 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

    Sun

    1936-08-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1936-09-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1936-09-08

    In 1 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1936-09-23

    In 16 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿二

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPray for childrenLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalBreak groundLay foundationsRelease waterBuild a storehouseOpen for business

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

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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