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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 1947

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 731Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 823Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox24Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 5, 1947

Lunar 一九四七年 · 七月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. End of Heat

    Sun

    1947-08-24

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1947-09-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1947-09-08

    In 3 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1947-09-24

    In 19 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊申

七月廿一

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelBathingMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocateReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageInstall doorsBreak groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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