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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 1948

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 729Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseCold Dew8Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 17, 1948

Lunar 一九四八年 · 八月十五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Wed

    1948-09-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1948-09-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1948-09-23

    In 6 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1948-10-08

    In 21 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛酉

八月十五

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

BurialReceive livestockTravelFuneral processionTimber workPlantingBuild a templeBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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