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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 1940

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TODAY
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Thu
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Sat
Lunar month 71Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 16, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 八月十五

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. White Dew

    Sun

    1940-09-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1940-09-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1940-09-23

    In 7 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1940-10-08

    In 22 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙酉

八月十五

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelLift misfortuneFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCarvingConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamJoin roof ridges

Avoid

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

Build a templeInstall doorsFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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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