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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 1948

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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

Thursday, September 30, 1948

Lunar 一九四八年 · 八月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1948-09-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1948-09-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1948-10-08

    In 8 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1948-10-23

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛酉

八月廿八

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMarriageCapture

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBreak groundBreak ground for burialOpen for businessConstructionMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

Avoid

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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