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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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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

Wednesday, September 25, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 八月廿四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and deep study. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1940-09-23

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1940-09-25

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1940-10-08

    In 13 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1940-10-23

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙酉

八月廿四

Day cycle

辛未

路旁土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

Funeral preparationBurialOpen for businessTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙丑)牛 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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