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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

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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

Tuesday, September 16, 1947

Lunar 一九四七年 · 八月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Mon

    1947-09-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1947-09-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1947-09-24

    In 8 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1947-10-09

    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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己酉

八月初二

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringLift misfortuneTravelConstructionBreak groundOpen for businessRaise a roof beamSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a templeFuneral processionBurialTimber workBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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