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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 1937

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TODAY
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Lunar month 729Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew9Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 16, 1937

Lunar 一九三七年 · 八月十二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    1937-09-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1937-09-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1937-09-23

    In 7 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1937-10-09

    In 23 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己酉

八月十二

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteCaptureAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBuild a houseBuild roof beamsPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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