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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 1938

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Leap lunar month 728Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 729Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 730Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 731Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 71Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 72Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 73Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 74Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 75Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 76Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 77Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 79Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 710Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 711Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 712Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 713Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 714Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 715Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 716Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 717Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 718Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 719Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 720Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 721Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 722Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 723Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox24Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 88Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 4, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 闰七月十一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Wed

    1938-08-24

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1938-09-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    1938-09-08

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1938-09-24

    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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚申

闰七月十一

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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