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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 1946

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 81Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 925Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 926Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 16, 1946

Lunar 一九四六年 · 八月廿一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1946-09-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1946-09-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1946-09-23

    In 7 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1946-10-09

    In 23 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿一

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthHang a signboardPlantingMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak ground for burialWelcome a household memberTravelMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthReceive livestockLitigationBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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