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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 1939

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 727Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 823Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox24Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 2, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 七月十九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. End of Heat

    Thu

    1939-08-24

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1939-09-02

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    1939-09-08

    In 6 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1939-09-24

    In 22 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬申

七月十九

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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