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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 1942

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TODAY
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Lunar month 730Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 823Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox24Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 9, 1942

Lunar 一九四二年 · 七月廿九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. 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. End of Heat

    Mon

    1942-08-24

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1942-09-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1942-09-24

    In 15 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1942-10-09

    In 30 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己酉

七月廿九

Day cycle

乙丑

海中金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyFormal betrothalMarriageConsecrateSculpture and paintingPurification riteSet an altarOpen for businessExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Move into a homeTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己未)羊 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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