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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 1939

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
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

Wednesday, September 6, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 七月廿三

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. End of Heat

    Thu

    1939-08-24

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1939-09-06

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    1939-09-08

    In 2 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1939-09-24

    In 18 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

七月廿三

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelBreak groundSet a bedDig a wellBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild roof beamsInstall doorsTimber workConstructionRaise a roof beamFuneral preparationBuild a house

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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